1992 YOUNG SCIENTISTS AER LINGUS

Aer Dingus *

YOUNG SCIENTISTS EXPO '92 28TH EXHIBITION OF YOUNG SCIENTISTS 28U TAISPEANTAS NA nEOLAITHE OGA

JANUARY - EANAIR 10-12

CATALOGUE - CLAR 50p

Page Foreword ..........................................................................

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Exhibition Judges .............................................................

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Aer Lingus Young Scientists Winners Abroad ..................

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General Information .........................................................

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Awards .............................................................................

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Special Features at the Exhibition .....................................

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LISTING OF PROJECTS Chemistry, Physical and Mathematical Sciences • Individual Projects ...................................................

• Group Projects ........................................................

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Social and Behavioural Sciences • Individual Projects ...................................................

• Group Projects ........................................................

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Biological and Ecological Sciences

• Individual Projects ...................................................

• Group Projects ........................................................

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Companies and Organisations associated with the exhibition .....................................

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REWO, ER Lingus is happy and proud to provide 14 Ireland's young scientists and technologists with an annual opportunity to display and test the merit of their work.

Through the annual Young Scientists Exhibition we hope to stimulate interest in science and attract young people to a career in science, technology, research and development.

Aer Lingus has always been to the fore in the growth and application of science and technology.

In our fleet we have the latest high technology aircraft and we export aviation expertise to airlines around the world. This business is now worth ÂŁ265 million annually.

The research projects submitted each year in the Young Scientists Exhibition are impressive testimony of what young Irish people can produce.

Strong personal commitment, disciplined effort and creativity have enabled them to shape their ideas into worthwhile research work which can benefit all of us.

Last year, again, winners from the Aer Lingus exhibition won top awards in Europe and in the US. We are very proud of their achievements in these international contests. As a result of Ireland's success abroad we are now able to bring the top young scientists from several European countries to the RDS. We see this co-operation and interchange between young scientists of Europe as being of great importance as we enter 1992.

organise this annual event. We are grateful to Eolas for their support for the exhibition. We also extend gratitude to the Commission of the European Communities and to the Westinghouse Corporation who sponsor our winners to compete abroad. To the RDS and Cara the Computer People we also extend thanks for their co-operation.

We offer very special appreciation to schools all over Ireland who provide resources and support for the young scientists in the development of their work.

We thank the judges without whose painstaking work the exhibition could not have achieved its acknowledged success and value.

I extend a warm welcome to each and every exhibitor, their parents and teachers. It is a great pleasure for us to host this event and to give public recognition to the work you have done.

CATHAL MULLAN Group Chief Executive

Aer Lingus wishes to acknowledge the efforts of many people and organisations who work with us to 4

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Chairman of the Panel of Judges Mr D Downing, Chief Executive-Airline Services, Aer Lingus Exhibition Director Ms M Coyne, Aer Lingus Honorary Member Professor E T S Walton, Trinity College, Nobel Prizewinner in Physics (1951) Exhibition Administrator Ms J Mahon, Aer Lingus

INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS Chemistry , Physical & Mathematical Sciences Or T Brazil, University College, Dublin Rev Or T Burke, University College, Dublin Professor J Corish, Trinity College, Dublin Professor F Imbusch, University College, Galway Mr M Norris, University College, Dublin Or R K Wilson, Consultant Chemist Social and Behavioural Sciences Mr S Blain, Church of Ireland College of Education, Dublin Professor J Jackson, Trinity College, Dublin Or M Upton, University College, Dublin Mr M Walsh, Vocational Education Committee, Co Wicklow Biological & Ecological Sciences Or J Bracken, University College, Dublin Professor D M X Donnelly, University College, Dublin Dr G Doyle, University College, Dublin Mr H Fuller, University College, Dublin Or T Walsh, Blood Transfusion Service Board, Dublin

GROUP PROJECTS Chemistry , Physical & Mathematical Sciences Or M J Byrne, El Company, Shannon Professor J Cunningham, University College, Cork Or M G Ebison, Inst of Physics London & European Phy. Society Mr J Farrell, Airmotive Ireland Ltd Dr 0 Finlayson, Dublin City University 6

Mr B Hayden, Guinness Peat Aviation Mr C King, South Eastern Education & Library Board, NI Or D Melody, Loctite Irl Ltd Or E O'Neill, Trinity College, Dublin Or C O'Sullivan, University College, Cork Or J A Scott, University College, Dublin Or A P Davis, Trinity College, Dublin Social & Behavioural Sciences Or P Andrews, Gonzaga College, Dublin Or J Barry, Eastern Health Board P Breathnach, Uasal, St Patrick's College, Maynooth Mr P Fox, Department of Education, Dublin Ms B Foy, City of Dublin Vocational Education Committee Mr M Fitzgerald, Eastern Health Board Dr D Headon, University College, Galway Mr J Hourihane, St Patrick's College of Education, Dublin Ms C Kelleher, Consultant Sociologist Mr P McGee, St Patrick's College of Education, Dublin Or R Moles, Thomond College, Limerick Ms R Morrow, Department of Education, Dublin Professor J O'Connor, National College of Industrial Relations, Dublin Or E Shelly, Kilkenny Health Project Or K Hourihan, University College Cork.

Biological & Ecological Sciences Professor T Begley, Cornell University, New York Or E Colleran, University College, Galway Or A N Glynn, Dublin City University Mr R Goodwillie, CAAS (Environmental Services) Professor M G Harrington, University College, Dublin Or M Hennerty, University College, Dublin Or C Hussey, University College, Dublin Or D Jeffrey, Trinity College, Dublin Mr R McMullan, St Columba's College, Dublin Or A McNally, Dublin Corporation Central Laboratory E Ni Lamhna, Uasal, Consultant Biologist Dr I Pratt, National Authority for Occupational Safety and Health Mr P Wilson, Zoological Gardens, Dublin *Former Young Scientist of the Year (1973) Display Awards Mr D Skehan, Aer Lingus, Dublin Mr R Uhlemann, Aer Lingus, Dublin

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Top winners from last year's exhibition won major awards in contests in Europe and the United States.

• Daniel Dundas and Barry O'Doherty from Derry, won a top award of £4,000 in the European Community Contest for Young Scientists, in Zurich. They were guests of honour at the Nobel Prize Ceremonies in Stockholm. They are now at Queen's University, Belfast.

• Mark Andrews , Cork , was outright winner in the European Environmental contest in Frankfurt and named "Young European Environmentalist". He won £2,000 and will now compete in the International Science Contest in the United States.

• Matthew Davey , Dublin , won two major awards at the Westinghouse International Science & Engineering Fair in Florida. Matthew is now at Trinity College.

Exhibition Administration Office On the right of the main entrance.

Press and Information Office On the right of the main entrance Teachers Centre Balcony , Main Hall.

Security Uniformed and plain clothes security personnel will be on duty during the exhibition.

First Aid Check in Administration Office.

Hours of Opening Friday, January 10 ...................................11.00 hrs to 18.30 hrs Saturday, January 11 .............................11.00 hrs to 18.00 hrs Sunday; January 12 .................................11.00 hrs to 18.00 hrs Official Opening Ceremony, Friday, January 10th at 17.00 hrs by An Taoiseach. Mr. Charles J. Haughey.

Admission Charges Adults ............................£1.50

Above: Mark Andrews, Fountainstown Cork (Douglas Community School), Top Award Winner in the European Environmental Contest.

Below: (left to right) Barry B'Doherty and Daniel Dundas, Young Scientists of the Year 1991. Won top award in European Commission Science Contest. Now at Queen's University of Belfast.

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Students ........................80p

Late Cancellations Due to late notification of withdrawal by exhibitors. some projects which have been included in this catalogue may not be on display. This accounts for some possible gaps in the numbering system of stands.

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SPECIAL AWARDS

The prize fund for 1992 will amount to £15,000. This includes cash prizes and trophies, school and teacher awards, travel to science fairs abroad and mementoes for all participants. The following awards will be made, provided that in the opinion of the judges, the projects reach a desired standard.

In addition to the general awards in each category a number of special awards are being offered through the generosity of the sponsoring Institutes and Organisations listed here. These awards include entry to international contests, educational trips abroad, medals, trophies, job experience and monetary prizes.

Top Awards 1. Young Scientist or Scientists of the Year The premier award winner will receive the Aer Lingus silver trophy plus £1,000. The winner will represent Ireland at the European Science Contest in Spain and will be guest of honour at the Nobel Prize Ceremonies in Stockholm.

Barnardos Two awards for projects which contribute to our knowledge about the needs of children and child care services.

2. Best Individual or Runner up Individual Will receive the Aer Lingus prize of £500 and a Certificate of Distinction. The winner will represent Ireland at the International Science and Engineering Fair in Nashville. The trip is sponsored by the Westinghouse Electric Corporation who also present a trophy to the winner.

An Bord Glas Two awards for projects demonstrating ways and means of achieving import substitution, export expansion and job creation in the horticultural sector.

3. Best Group and/or Runner Up Group and/or Runner Up Individual' Will receive the Aer Lingus prize of £300 and a Certificate of Distinction. The winners will also receive travel prizes sponsored by Eolas-the Irish Science and Technology Agency and Aer Lingus. (*depends on final results in top awards section).

Category Awards There is a section for individual projects and another for group projects. (Group and individual projects do not compete with each other except for the top award). Each section has three categories-Biological and Ecological Sciences, Chemistry, Physical and Mathematical Sciences and Social and Behavioural Sciences. Within each category there are divisions-Junior, Intermediate and Senior.

• First, Second and Third prizes of £90 (£120), £65 (£90), £50 (£80), will be awarded in each division (27 prizes for individual projects, and 27 for groups).

• Prizes of £30 (E50) will be awarded to projects which are well presented, (9 prizes for individual projects, and 9 for groups).

• Some 100 prizes for projects highly commended.

• Each participant will receive a certificate of display and a memento of their participation in the exhibition.

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Bord na Gaeilge Se dhuais do na tionsnaimh Ghaeilge is fearr.

The Confederation of Irish Industry Two awards for projects with potential for commercial development.

The Institute of Biology of Ireland Two prizes for the best projects in Biological Sciences.

Institute of Chemistry of Ireland /Royal Society of Chemistry Two prizes for the best projects in pure or applied Chemistry.

Institution of Electrical Engineers The Nicholas Callan Award for the project which displays the best understanding of electrical engineering principles.

The Institution of Engineers of Ireland One prize for a project in engineering with significant commercial potential.

The Insurance Institute of Ireland Two prizes - for projects dealing with safety or health.

The Institute of Physics Two prizes for projects in physics or applied physics.

Irish Computer Society Two prizes for projects using computers which include the writing of original software.

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Irish Cancer Society and CSSC Drugs Awareness Programme Two prizes for the better understanding, and ultimately, prevention of smoking addictions and/or drug addictions.

Irish Geological Association Two prizes for the best geological projects in the exhibition.

Irish Professors of Botany Two prizes for the best botanically related projects.

Irish Science Teachers ' Association A prize for the project most closely related to school science syllabii.

The National Rehabilitation Board Two prizes for a project which will contribute to the independent living and social, cultural and economic integration in society of people with disabilities.

Sociological Association of Ireland Two awards for projects which best use the methods and concepts of sociology.

Teagasc Agriculture & Food Development Authority A prize for the best individual project on Agricultural/Food.

ULSTER SCIENCE CENTRE Location: Main Mall The interactive Science Centre opened in Derry, in October. It allows visitors to learn the principles of science through simple experiments and interactive exhibits. Many of the exhibits are computer based. The centre has moved the bulk of its displays to the RDS for the Young Scientists Exhibition.

Ulster Science Centre, Foyle Street, Derry SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH IN UNIVERSITIES IN IRELAND Location: Main Mall All nine Universities are represented at the RDS to demonstrate some aspect of research currently underway in their establishments.

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK The application of science, engineering and management to the production, processing, packaging, marketing and distribution of goods.

TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN FOR SCHOOLS Association of Secondary Teachers , Ireland.

An award for the school scoring the highest number of points on a points for prizes basis.

From Atoms to the Environment From Molecules to Man

UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER (COLERAINE) Teachers Union of Ireland An award to the school from which a project is selected on the basis of integrated science.

Interactions between vitamin A and iodine nutritional status in Tanzanian children.

Trinity College Quatercentenary 1992 Award A cheque for ÂŁ1992 for the school of the winner of the premier award, Young Scientist or Young Scientists of the Year.

THE QUEEN ' S UNIVERSITY of BELFAST

Cara the Computer People ÂŁ3.500 of computer equipment for the winning school in each of the three main categories on a points for prizes basis.

Aspects of research in the areas of chemistry, the environment, geoscience and computer science.

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE GALWAY Research in the fields of environment, marine science, physical and Aengineering sciences and biotechnology.

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UNIVERSITY of LIMERICK Machine vision for automated industrial inspection.

ST PATRICK'S COLLEGE , MAYNOOTH • Biological pest control h • Cell culture • Medical research in cancer and heart disease • Astrophysics • Atmospheric physics • Space physics

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN Nuclear fallout following Chernobyl - soil analysis using gamma spectrometry.

DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY Developments in interactive technology.

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Aer Lingus invited the top young scientists of Europe to present their projects at the RDS together with our own winners in Europe. This is in the spirit of bringing an international dimension to the Aer Lingus exhibition and enabling young scientists to meet and discuss their work. We welcome the Young Scientists from Austria, Norway, Italy, Germany, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia.

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CHEMICAL, PHYSICAL AND MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES

Individual Projects Junior Section

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Our Lady 's College Drogheda Co Louth

SARAH MCCONNON

Stand No. 1

SARAH CALLAGHAN

A STUDY OF TESSELLATIONS

Our Lady 's Bower School Athlone Co Westmeath

AN EXPLORATION OF CHAOS FRACTALS AND STRANGE ATTRACTORS

TEACHER : MISS FRANCES O'REGAN

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St Dominic's High School Falls Road Belfast

JACINTA MCLAUGHLIN

T EACHER : MR CHRISTOPHER ARMSTRONG 2

SADHBH COYLE

TO INVESTIGATE THE LIFE TIME OF VARIOUS TYPES OF BATTERY TEACHER: MR J MCLAUGHLIN

Our Lady ' s College Drogheda Co Louth

VIEWING YOUR GARDEN THROUGH THE EYES OF MATHEMATICS TEACHER : MISS FRANCES O'REGAN

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St David ' s Secondary School Greystones Cc Wicklow

SIOBHAN NOBLE

COMPARING DIFFERENT BRANDS OF CIGARETTES 3

MIRIAM CUSHEN

St Brigid ' s College Callan Co Kilkenny

TEACHER: J MCELROY

COOL CLEAR WATER? TEACHER : EMILY NOLAN 4

GAVIN PETER KEARNEY

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St Mac Dara ' s Community College Templogue Dublin

St Colman ' s Community College Midleton Co Cork

TONY O ' CALLAGHAN

FUELS FOR THE FUTURE TEACHER: MR FRANK HALBERT

ELECTRONICS TEACHER : CIARON COLLINS 5

EMER KELLY

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Holy Family Secondary School Newbridge Co Kildare

Good Counsel College New Ross Co Wexford

EAMONN PHELAN

THE BEST RODENT TRAP TEACHER : MR MICHAEL O'NEILL

WATER BEHAVIOUR AND THE TEAPOT EFFECT 13

Colaiste Lorcain Castledermot Co Kildare

THELMA RATH

TEACHER : MR JOHN D CULLEN 6

IRENE KELLY

SCIENCE OF TEA AND COFFEE

St Mac Dara ' s Community College Templogue Dublin

TEACHER: MR SYLVESTER MCEVOY

THE STUDY OF COLOUR TEACHER : MS JACINTA JONES 7

MAEVE McCAFFREY

St Dominic 's High School Falls Road Belfast

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Colaiste Chiarain Leixlip Co Kildare

CIARA WALSH

IS ANYTHING COMPLETELY RANDOM? TEACHER : MR AIDAN O ' KEEFFE

N AUTOMATIC DOG WASH TEACHER : MR J MCLAUGHLIN 16 17

CHEMICAL, PHYSICAL AND MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES

Individual Proje& Intermediate Section

Stand No. 22

Mary Immaculate Secondary School Lisdoonvarna Co Clare

DAVID GUTHRIE

Stand No. 15

ALAN BLAKE

St Brigid ' s Vocational School Loughrea Co Galway

SAPLIB TEACHER : MR JOHN SIMS

CHERNOBYL -IS IT STILL A THREAT 23

THEO MARK HONOHAN

Belvedere College Dublin

TEACHER : MS GERALDINE FLYNN 16

SARAH BYRNE

IS IT LATER THAN YOU THINK?

Our Lady ' s College Drogheda Co Louth

TEACHER : BERNARD FENTON

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MATHETATICS AND KNOTS

DANIEL HOPE

Patrician College Newbridge Co Kildare

TEACHER : MISS FRANCES O'REGAN 17

STEPHEN ALAN CONNOLLY

TO INVESTIGATE THE CATALYTIC EFFECT OF TRANSITION METALS IN HCL-ZINC REACTION

Blackrock College Co Dublin

TEACHER : MR MICHAEL O'CALLAGHAN

ADVANCED TECHNIQUES FOR THE HANDLING OF SPECTROSCOPIC DATA TEACHER : GERARD AYLWARD 18

SEAN CORKERY

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Davis College Mallow Co Cork

WILLIAM KEATING

Sandford Park School Ranelagh Dublin

WATER TASTE AND CHEMICAL COMPOSITION TEACHER : DR A J GRAHAM

FOLLACHTA FIA - TROUGH SIZE 26

JESSICA KIANG

Alexandra College Milltown Dublin

TEACHER: WILLIAM SHANNON 19

RONAN CULLINANE

THE CHEMISTRY OF PETAL PIGMENTS

Athenry Vocational School Co Galway

TEACHER : DR CARMEL SHARKEY

AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS TEACHER : SEAMUS HYNES

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SHARON GLYNN

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Portmarnock Community School Co Dublin Portmarnock

Loreto Convent Grammar School Omagh Co Tyrone

BRONALOUGHREY

TORRICELLI THEOREM FACT OR FICTION

TEACHER : PETER CASSIDY

COOKING FOR HEALTH TEACHER : MS ANGELA BURY 21

COLIN GOULDING

Patrician College Newbridge Cc Kildare

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DIARMAID MACMATHUNA

Scoil Chaitriona Bothar Mobhi Baile Atha Cliath

LUCH-AN RIOMHAIRE A CHUR AR FAIL DO CHLARAITHEOIRE GW-BASIC

THE MIRAGE-REFRACTION OF LIGHT IN THE EARTHS ATMOSPHERE TEACHER : MR MICHAEL O'CALLAGHAN 18

TEACHER : EOIN MACGEARAILT

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Stand No.

Stand No. 29

DAMIEN MAGUIRE

Abbey Community College Wicklow

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FRICTIONAL FORCES

MICHAEL ALLEN 0 SULLIVAN

Davis College Mallow Co Cork

JACKDAW MATHEMATICS TEACHER : WILLIAM SHANNON

TEACHER: MR JIM MURPHY

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JOHN MALONE

St Paul ' s College Raheny Dublin

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FIONA SMITH

St David ' s Secondary School Greystones Co Wicklow

WHY POPCORN POPS TEACHER : J MCELROY

BURGLAR ALARMS - WIRELESS AND CONVENTIONAL TEACHER: MR BRIAN SMITH 31

JAMES MCDAID

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CARMEL WORSFOLD

St Josephs Secondary School Tulla

Co Clare

Loreto College Coleraine Co Derry

BEACH SAND HOW DOES IT DIFFER? TEACHER : SR JOHN BOSCO

SELF ORGANISED CRITICALITY AND THE ONSET OF TURBULENCE IN THE SURFACT OF A FLOWING LIQUID TEACHER : MR BRIAN MCKENNA

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CHEMICAL , PHYSICAL AND MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES 32

SHANE MCGARRY

Colaiste Choilm CBS Swords Co Dublin

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TEACHER: MR THEO FARRELL

PATRICK MCWILLIAMS

Loreto College Coleraine Co Derry

Senior Section

RUTH ANNA BROWNE

Our Lady of Lourdes Secondary Sch. New Ross Co Wexford

GROUND WATER, A WASTE OF ENERGY TEACHER : MS MARY PILKINGTON

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AUTOMATIC SHOPPING TROLLEY

LOUISE CAMPBELL

Falcarragh Community School Co Donegal

AN INVESTIGATION OF RESONANCE TEACHER: MS MARY GILLESPIE

TEACHER: MR BRIAN MCKENNA

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SUZANNE MEADE

Dominican College Salthill Galway

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UNA O'LEARY

Christ King Girl's Secondary South Douglas Road Cork

EXTRACTING METALS FROM WATER

ESTHER CONWAY

Loreto Convent Grammar School Omagh Co Tyrone

INVESTIGATING POLYMERS USING DIFFERENTIAL THERMAL ANALYSIS

A STUDY OF LANDFILL GAS EMISSIONS FROM GALWAY CITY DUMP TEACHER: FRANCES FEELEY

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TEACHER: EUGENE MURRAY

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BERNARD CULLEN

St Thomas' Community College Bray Co Wicklow

RELATIVITY OF TIME AND MASS TEACHER: MR SENAN REIDY

TEACHER : ANNE BEVAN 20

Individual Protects

Stand No.

ORTHOPAEDIC POSTURE MONITOR

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Stand No. 43

Stand No.

RONAN CUNNIFFE

Colaiste Chiarain Leixlip

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EILIS McDONAGH

Salerno Secondary School Salthill Galway

Co Kildare TRON ON A PC? AN ATTEMPT TO CREATE REALISTIC GRAPHICS ON A PC TEACHER: MAIRE NI BHROITHE

TO INVESTIGATE THE EFFECTS OF SOLAR LIGHT ON PAINT TEACHER: MRS Y DALY

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KELLY DUNLOP

Loreto College Coleraine Co Derry

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MARTINA NOLAN

FCJ Secondary School Bunclody Co Wexford

PATTERNS IN CONVECTIVE FLOW TEACHER: MR MICHAEL JAMES 45

JENNIFER ENGLISH

St Michael ' s Loreto Convent Navan Co Meath

A STUDY OF REFRACTION AND INTERFERENCE IN TRANSPARENT RODS TEACHER: MICHAEL DALTON

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VICTORIA O'CONNOR

Dundrum College Dundrum Dublin 14

THE EFFECT OF 5 KHZ ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION ON GERMINATING BARLEY SEEDS.

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS HIDDEN HAZARDS OF NON-IONIZING RADIATION TEACHER: DAVID BYRNE

TEACHER : MARK LEACY 46

DAVID PAUL GLYNN

Colaiste Iognaid Sea Road Galway

AERAIL PHOTOGRAPHY USING KITES TEACHER : GERALDINE SIMMIE

CHEMICAL, PHYSICAL AND MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES

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Group Projects Junior Section

Stand No. 47

GRAINNE GOLDSMITH

St Dominic ' s High School Falls Road Belfast

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DARYL ARCHER Glen Sutherland

Coleraine Boys Secondary School Co Derry

EFFICIENCY OF THE ELECTRIC KETTLE CONCENTRATION OF SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE IN SOME HOUSEHOLD BLEACHES TEACHER : MR J MCLAUGHLIN

TEACHER : MR CAMPBELL

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MARK HORGAN

Colaiste Chriost Ri Capwell Road Cork

PAUL ASSEN Stephen Kavanagh Aidan McCarthy

St David 's Secondary School Greystones Co Wicklow

TEA - WHAT ARE YOU BUYING?

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

TEACHER: MS ANNA GIBBONS

TEACHER : FRANK W MULVIHILL 49

ANTHONY PATRICK KEHOE

Colaiste Choilm CBS Swords Co Dublin

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TO DESIGN A BARCODE PRICING SYSTEM FOR HOME COMPUTERS TEACHER: MR THEO FARRELL 50

MARK KELLY

St Joseph's Communitity College Kilkee

Co Clare

Michelle Downey Anita Carroll Evelyn Healy

Colaiste Chiarain Leixlip Co Kildare

THE PERCENTAGE OF OXYGEN IN THE AIR,A CLOSER LOOK TEACHER : DAITHI MAC AN AIRCINN

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PAMJ[INf FIRTH Gillian Lynch

Presentation See School Terenure Dublin 6

MAK'S CUBE TEACHER : MICHAEL CLANCY

DONT GIVE RUST A CHANCE TEACHER : MR DAMIENNE LETMON

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Stand No .

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Stand No.

NIAMH GILMARTIN Gemma Cahill

St David ' s Secondary School Greystones Co Wicklow

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LEVELS OF VITAMIN C IN FRUIT JUICES TEACHER : MS MARY O ' SULLIVAN 59

DAVID HARRINGTON Alan Timmons

St Joseph ' s De La Salle College Wicklow Niall McGrath

RADIATION AND WEATHER PATTERNS TEACHER : ANNE MCMAHON

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THE AVOCA RIVER - CAN IT RECOVER ?

SINEAD HARVEY Rowena Murphy

St David ' s Secondary School Greystones Co Wicklow

TEACHER : MS OLIVE LAFFOY

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DYE NATURALLY

OLGA KEELY Ciara Keville

Loreto College Dublin St Stephen ' s Green

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Loreto Convent Secondary School Kilkenny

Meanscoil Ghobnait Oileain Arainn Gaillimh

MAIRE NI CHONGHAILE Calm OConghaile Norita Ni Fhlatharta

FIORUISCE INIS OIRR-FIRIC NO FINSCEAL TEACHER : BRIDIE NI CHONGHAILE

TEACHER : FIONA DILLANE

ANNE LANIGAN Julie Lynch

Co Wicklow

TEACHER: MS ANNA GIBBONS

THE EFFECTS OF RADIATION

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St David's Secondary School Greystones

DONAL MURTAGH David Whelan Terence Lowen RADON GAS IN BUILDINGS

TEACHER : MS MARY O'SULLIVAN

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Dominican College Griffith Avenue Dublin

SANDRA MITCHELL Antonieta Dias Carol O ' Sullivan ELECTRONICS MADE EASY

TEACHER : E NOLAN 60

Strabane Grammar School Strabane Co Tyrone

RACHEL MCMAHON Eileen Casey Lorna McMahon

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Gonzaga College Ranelagh Dublin

CORMAC O'BRIEN Peter Madden

TOOTHPASTE EFFECTIVENESS TEACHER : MR BRENDAN WILLIAMS 63

SHEILA LOUGHMAN Orna Ryan Tanya Madden

GRAVITY FLOW THROUGH PIPE CONFIGURATIONS TEACHER : MR TOM SLEVIN

Muckross Park College Donnybrook

Dublin

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BUBBLING OVER

WATER PURITY

TEACHER : MS ANNE MARIE MEE 64

FIONA MCAULEY Brenda McWilliams

Loreto College Coleraine Co Derry

TEACHER : MR M FITZGERALD

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OS CILLA TIN G LIQUIDS IN A U TUBE

OWEN MCELEAVY Paul Watson Damien Collins

St Columba ' s College Buncrana Road Derry BT48 8NH

WHICH ANTI-ACID TEACHER : GEORGE DOHERTY 24

St David ' s Secondary School Greystones Co Wicklow

JENNIFER 0 TOOLE Michelle Kidney

DOES INSULATION SAVE HEAT?

TEACHER : MR BRIAN MCKENNA 65

St Josephs College Ballinasloe Co Galway

DAVID O'LOUGHLIN Sean McGann

TEACHER : J MCELROY

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Muckross Park College Donnybrook Dublin

NIAMH TIMMONS Lorna Ingoldsby

BUBBLE MANIA TEACHER: MS ANNE MARIE MEE 25

CHEMICAL , PHYSICAL AND MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES

Groep Projects Intermediate Section

Stand No. 81

Stand No. 74

MICHAEL BOLGER Colm Carroll

Colaiste lognaid Sea Road Galway

PADRAIG COUGHLAN Enda McDermott Ruairi Whelan

St Joseph ' s Christian Brothers Sch Portarlington Co Laois

THE PETROL ENGINE - IS THERE AN ALTERNATIVE ?

TEACHER: MR TIMOTHY HEWITT

THE CHEMISTRY OF COLOUR TEACHER : GERALDINE SIMMIE 75

DANIEL BUCKLEY John Forde

Colaiste an Chroi Naofa Cork

TO TEST FOR ACIDIC RESIDUE ON LEAVES DUE TO ACID RAIN TEACHER : KATHLEEN DWYER 76

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KILLIAN BYRNE George Dowling

Loreto Convent Secondary School Wexford

CAN CONCRETE CONTAIN THE SILAGE PROBLEM TEACHER : MS MARY RIORDAN

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St Patrick ' s Classical School Navan Co Meath

JOSEPH COVENEY Aidan Connell SABHAIL AR GCRANN

St Benildus ' College Dublin Colm Mahon

CONSTRUCTION OF FRACTALS USING A MICRO COMPUTER TEACHER: MR JOHN BRENNAN

NIAMH COULTER Melanie Donohoe

TEACHER: PB CANTWELL

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O ' Connell ' s Christian Brothers Sch Dublin Nth Richmond Street

DAVID CREGAN Peter Clifford John Paul Reilly RECYCLING

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SHANE CANAVAN Eoghan O ' Neill

TEACHER: ANTHONY MURPHY

Patrician College Newbridge Co Kildare 85

THE FORMATION OF ORGANIC MATERIALS IN A PRIMEVAL EARTH SEA TEACHER : MR MICHAEL O'CALLAGHAN

Good Counsel College New Ross Co Wexford

COLM DONOGHUE Pauric Hyland

FUEL FOR THOUGHT TEACHER : MR MICHAEL O'NEILL

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CAROLINE CASS Vanessa Turner

Alexandra College Milltown Dublin

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DIARMUID DORAN Michael Gilligan

Carnew Vocational School Carnew

RADIOACTIVITY AREA DISTRIBUTION OBSERVATIONS AND NOTES.

Co Wicklow FACTORS AFFECTING HURLEY BREAKAGE TEACHER: MR MATTHEW BURKE

TEACHER: DR CARMEL SHARKEY 79

EMMA COLLINS Denise Hanrahan Clare Dowling

Manor House School Raheny Dublin

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Loreto Abbey Gorey Wexford

BREDA DOYLE Emer Doyle

LASERS AND LASER COMMUNICATION HOW THE NATURAL FIBRES REACT TO SYNTHETIC AND NATURAL DYES?

TEACHER: MR MAURICE MURPHY 80

PAUL COTTER Peter Morrison

Colaiste an Chroi Naofa Cork

TEACHER: MRS M TRAVERS 88

DENISE DUNNE Christopher McKenna Colin McDevitt

St Mary 's High School Limavady Co Derry

POLLUTION REDUCTION IN DOMESTIC CHIMNEYS COMPUTER INTERFACED LEARNING AID

TEACHER : JAMES MARQUESS

TEACHER : KATHLEEN DWYER 26

27

Stand No. 89

Stand No.

EOGHANFLANAGAN Richard Murphy

St Munchins College Corbally Limerick

97

CHAOS AND ITS APPLICATION TO A PRACTICAL SYSTEM TEACHER: LESLIE MCNAMARA

Ard Scoil Caoimhin Arklow Co Wicklow

KEVIN KINCAID Paul Flemming TO MEASURE HEAT CONTENT OF PAPER AND OTHER WASTE PLANT MATERIAL

TEACHER : MR SEAN P 0 LAOI

90

LORRAINE FLYNN Eleanor Faul Cassandra Ryan

Christ King Girl's Secondary South Douglas Road Cork

98

Presentation Sec School Terenure Dublin 6

BELIN MAGINN Janna Kenny

OUT OF THIS WORLD ELECTROLYSIS - A CRITICAL ANALYSIS USING HOFMAN'S VOLTAMETER

TEACHER : PAULINE SHANAHAN 91

MICHELLE FORTUNE Sylvia Wickham

TEACHER: MR DAMIENNE LETMON

Loreto Convent Secondary School Wexford

OPERATION C02

99 TEACHER : MS MARY RIORDAN

92

FIONA GAFFNEY Susan Walls

TEACHER : MS MOIRA LAWLESS 93

STEPHEN HARTNETT Eamonn Keenan

TEACHER : KAY O'REGAN

100

Patrician College Newbridge Co Kildare

WIND TUNNEL EXPERIMENTS ON MODEL AIRCRAFT TEACHER : MR MICHAEL O'CALLAGHAN 94

THE RIVER SUIR - A SEWER

Manor House School Raheny Dublin

ELECTRICITY AROUND US

AISLINN HARTY Rosemary Manley

Our Lady ' s Secondary School Templemore Co Tipperary

PATRICIA MAHER Anne Brennan Bernadette Leahy

Saint Vincents College Castleknock Co Dublin

KEVIN McLAUGHLIN Edward Melvin John Gallagher RADIO INTERFEROMETER

TEACHER : REV PETER SLEVIN

101

Colaiste an Chroi Naota Cork

St Michael ' s College Ailesbury Road Dublin

ROBERT McNICHOLAS Stephen Murphy

LASERS THE LIGHT AHEAD TEACHER : MS ANNE LYNCH

TEXTILES - IN THE HEAT OF THE FIRE TEACHER : KATHLEEN DWYER 102 95

EMMELINE HEFFERNAN Aisling De Loughry

Dun Lughaidh Secondary School Dundalk Co Louth

THE PAPER CAPER

The Christian Brothers Sexton Street Limerick

DAVID MULQUEEN Patrick Collier Barry McAuliffe FRACTALS AND CHAOS GEOMETRY

TEACHER : MR M LUCEY

TEACHER : MARGARET ENRIGHT 96

CATHERINE HIGGINS Roseleen Morgan

St Dominic ' s High School Falls Road Belfast

103

Clonkeen College Blackrock Co Dublin

NIALL MURPHY Adrian McGinn

FACTORS AFFECTING SALTWATER CORROSION

A COMPARISON OF FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS

TEACHER : MR JIM SHEEHAN

TEACHER : MR J MCLAUGHLIN 28

29

Stand No.

Stand No. 104

RACHAEL NALLY Aine Samules Katherine Flynn

Our Lady ' s Bower School Athlone Co Westmeath

112

TEACHER: MR CHRISTOPHER ARMSTRONG ARY NORTON MAry O ' Brien

St Brigid's College Callan Co Kilkenny

DYEING FOR COLOUR

The Kings Hospital Palmerstawn Dublin 20

HOW BOAT SPEED IS AFFECTED BY HULL FINISH

DITCH WITCHING

5

ADAM STREVENS Nicholas Ord William Michael

TEACHER : GRAEME SYME

113

VANESSA WALSH Clara Callaghan

Our Lady ' s Bower School Athlone Co Westmeath

TEACHER : EMILY NOLAN BATTLE OF THE MICROWAVES

6

INEAD O'CONNOR Cliona Hartigan

Colaiste lognaid Sea Road Galway

TO DETERMINE THE EFFECT IVENESS OF THE WATER TREATM EN T PROCESS IN THE GALWAY REGION TEACHER : GERALDINE SIMMIE 07

ERRY O'KEEFFE l am O ' Brien

TEACHER : MR STEPHEN DIGBY

114

KATHY WALSHE Barbara Smith

Our Lady ' s College Drogheda Co Louth

MATAMATICAL STRUCTURE OF GAMES

St Colman ' s Community College Midletan Co Cork

TEACHER : MISS FRANCES O'REGAN

T IME TO KICK TEACHER: MR FRANK HALBERT 108

AISLING O'REILLY Maria Grandfield Jane Shortall

The Donahies Community School Streamville Road Dublin 13

THE POWER OF THE MICROWAVE TEACHER : FRANK FLOOD 09

SIMON PADLEY

St David ' s Secondary School

Pamela Butler

Greystones

Co Wicklow

GREYSTONES SEAWATER QUALITY

TEACHER : MS MARY O ' SULLIVAN 110

RUTH REDAHAN Brigid Marmion

HEMI AL, PHYSICAL AND

roup Pplect;

MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES

Senior Section

Stand N o.

115

Dun Lughaidh Secondary School Dundalk Co Louth

A LEAF OF PAPER

ROSITA AGNEW Sarah Cotter Noeleen Tully

t Louis Secondary School Carrickmacross Co Monaghan

IS THIS THE SOLUTION TO LOUGH NA GLACKS POLLUTION TEACHER : ANNE CRONIN

TEACHER : SR MARIE CELINE OBYRNE 111

ANDREW REDMOND P au l Meyler

St Peter ' s College Wexford

STUDY OF ALTERNATE AIRCRAFT AERODYNAMIC CONTROLS

116

DAVID BYRNE Peter DeCourcy

Abbey Community College Wicklow

LEAVING CERT HEAT EXPERIMENTS TEACHER : MR JIM MURPHY

TEACHER : MR THOMAS BOLGER 30

31

Stand No. Stand No.

117

AISLING BYRNE Olive McCann Sinead McSherry

St Pauls High School Co Armagh Bessbrook

124

USING AMMONIA GAS ON A LARGE POULTRY HOUSE TEACHER :JARLATH DIGNEY

FIONNUALA ELLIOTT Karen McNally

Mount Lourdes Grammar School Enniskillen Co Fermanagh

TO DETECT THE PRESENCE OF ANIONS IN FOODSTUFFS ( EG DAIRY PRODUCTS) TEACHER : DR GREGORY J KELLY

118

DEIRDRE CAMPBELL Eimear Cody

St Brigid ' s College Callan Co Kilkenny

125

BERINGITE-FOR A CLEANER FUTURE?

GER COLLINS Colin Ryan

Scaritt Community College Co Clare Paraic Boland

Loreto Convent Grammar School Omagh Co Tyrone

EXAMINING THE EFFECTS OF MICROWAVE HEATING ON MILK TEACHER : GERARD BRADLEY

TEACHER : W A GARDINER 119

ANNE FOX Katrina Dillon Rosmary McCrystal

126

Colaiste Mhire Ennis Co Clare

SINEAD GALLAGHER Maura Monahan

CHAOS, CHAOS AND FAT FRACTALS BURNING SMOKE

TEACHER: MR T J O'HALLORAN 120

STEPHEN COTTER Michael Kelleher

Colaiste an Chroi Naofa Cork Dermot O'Brien

TEACHER : COLLETTE REDINGTON

127

OXYGEN IN RIVER WATER

FIONA DILLON Ciara Gorham

St Louis Secondary School Dundalk Co Louth

TEACHER : DR GREGORY J KELLY

128

DEMON DUST TEACHER : MS SIOBHAN GREER 122

IAN DOWSE Paul Readman

Newpark Comprehensive School Blackrock Co Dublin

Scoil Mhuire Community School Clane Co Kildare

WASHING POWDERS - A SCIENTIFIC STUDY

Dun Lughaidh Secondary School Dundalk Co Louth

TEACHER : MS SIOBHAN GREER

129

St Peter ' s College Wexford Sean Martin

PAUL HAMMEL James Wyse

DO WE DRINK OUR TEETH AWAY?

TEACHER : CHRIS SEALY LISA DOYLE Sally Freaney

LISA MARY GORHAM Tracy Denise Guinane

COMMERCIAL VERSUS HOME-MADE SOAP

LINER CONTROL OF A ROTARY JOINTED ROBOT ARM BY COMPUTER

123

Mount Lourdes Grammar School Enniskillen Co Fermanagh

MINERAL SUPPLEMENTS-SUPPLEMENTING THEIR POCKETS OR YOUR DIET?

TEACHER : DECLAN CAHALANE 121

AOIBHIN GALLAGHER Nichola Gallagher Geraldine McBrien

TEACHER : MR THOMAS TYNAN

130

NICOLA HARKIN Elizabeth Donnelly

St Dominic ' s High School Falls Road Belfast

EVALUATION OF SUNTAN LOTIONS

TEACHER: MR JOHN REIDY

TEACHER : MR J MCLAUGHLIN

32 33

Stand No. 131

Stand No.

JANICE JOHNSTON Eyonne McDonough Barbara Byrne

St Mary ' s Secondary School Dublin Baldoyle

138

CHRISTINE KEARNEY Mark Holloway

Loreto College Coleraine Co Derry

TEACHER : BERNARD CARR

139

BARRY KELLY Brian Malone

Scariff Community College Co Clare

140

TEACHER : MR T J O ' HALLORAN SCOTT LYONS Padraig McEvoy

Scoil Mhuire Community School Clane Co Kildare

141

St Joseph ' s Vocational College Newport Co Tipperary

142

MAIREAD Mc ENTEE Marie - Claire O'Hare Sharon Austin

Dominican College Belfast Co Antrim

MONICA MONAGHAN Orla Cox

Mount Lourdes Grammar School Enniskillen Co Fermanagh

MATTHEW MUTTI Matthew Prior

St Kilian ' s Community School Ballywaltrim Bray Co Wicklow

THE EFFECT OF FERTILISERS ON THE ENVIRONMENT

CONSTRUCTION OPERATION AND APPLICATION OF A ROBOT ARM TEACHER : THOMAS WHITE 6

Abbey Grammar School Newry Co Down

AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE EFFECT OF PESTICIDES ON PLANTS TEACHER: DR GREGORY J KELLY

TEACHER : ANTHONY P MCEVOY EUGENE MacDONOUGH Barry 0 Mahony

PAUL McGIVERN Damian Magee

TEACHER : KEVIN BRADY

CONTINUOUS READOUTS OF VARIATIONS IN DENSITY WITH TEMPERATURE CHANGE

135

Our Lady ' s College Drogheda Co Louth

AN INVESTIGATION OF AN ANOMALY IN A V-I CURVE FOR A FILAMENT BULB

REVERSING BY EAR

134

OLIVIA McGINN Niamh McEvoy Olive Stanley

BUILDING AND TESTING A NEWTONIAN TELESCOPE TEACHER : MR JOHN LOUGHRAN

WHAT A DRIP - THE PHYSICS OF IMPACTING WATER DROPS TEACHER : MR BRIAN MCKENNA 133

Ursuline Convent Blackrock Cork

LIGHT MINUTES AHEAD

TO INVETIGATE IF OZONE LEVELS ARE A PROBLEM IN IRELAND TEACHER : MRS PAULINE GRIFFIN 132

JOANNE McCARTHY Nicole Tivy

TEACHER : SEAN BOLAND

43

THOMAS O'CALLAGHAN Stephen Kennedy Tomas Healy

Carmelite College Castlemartyr Co Cork

FIZZY KILLERS

ELECTRIFYING MICROBES TEACHER : MR SEAMUS QUINN 37

BERNADETTE Mc FARLANE Catherine Mc Hugh

Dominican College Belfast Co Antrim

"AN AID FOR THE VISUALLY HANDICAPED", A PORTABLE COLOUR MONITOR.

TEACHER : MISS DEIRDRE BEHAN

144

CLARE O'SULLIVAN Blaithin Kiernan

ST Aloysius College Carrigtwohill Co Cork

DRINKING NITRATES TEACHER: GORETTI FITZGERALD

TEACHER : MR SEAMUS QUINN 34

35

Stand No. 145

FIONA PHILLIPS Suzanne Flood Aideen Rush

Presentation Sec School Terenure Dublin 6

RADON - THE HIDDEN HAZARD TEACHER : NUALA CRANLEY

46

JOHN PRENDERGAST Mark Fitzgibbon Ian De Souza

Rockwell College Cashel Co Tipperary

TO INVESTIGATE SUN SPOTS BY THE CONSTRUCTION AND USE OF A RADIO-TELESCOPE TEACHER : MARTIN MCDONAGH 147

ORLA SMYTH Gillian Farrell

St David 's Secondary School Greystones Co Wicklow

THE EFFECT OF ULTRA VIOLET LIGHT ON COLIFORM BACTERIA TEACHER : MS MARY O ' SULLIVAN 148

DEREK TOBIN Rory O ' Shea

St Kierans College St Kierans College Kilkenny

SAT-MANIA TEACHER : MS MAUREEN MEENEY 49

RAYMOND VARLEY Liam Foley Liam Slattery

St Joseph ' s Vocational College Newport Co Tipperary

FRACTALS IN THEORY AND NATURE TEACHER : TIM BROPHY

36 37

SOCIAL AND BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCES

Individal Projects Junior Section

Stand No. 157

DERVAL HARTE

St Mary's Secondary School Macroom Co Cork

Stand No. 150

DANIEL BECKER

Colaiste Einde Bothar Na Tra Gaillimh

I KNOWLEDGE AND USE REGARDING CYCLING HELMETS

CALCIUM - THE BONE SAVERS TEACHER : MS MARY TWOMEY 158

ARAN MORRISSEY

St Brigid 's College Callan Co Kilkenny

TEACHER: SEAMUS O 'DONGHAILE 151

MEAVE CLERY

St Joseph 's Secondary School Navan Co Meath

HIP REPLACEMENT - AN INVESTIGATION TEACHER : CATHRINE KENNEDY

NO BOTTLES YET-MILK TEACHER : EMILY NOLAN 159

LISA ANN O'BRIEN

Abbey Community College Wicklow

RELAXATION TECHNIQUES 152

GILLIAN COMERFORD

Loreto Convent Foxrock Dublin 18

TEACHER: MR JIM MURPHY 160

UNA 0 NEILL

St David ' s Secondary School Greystones Co Wicklow

SWEET TOOTH TEACHER: ROSE GIBLIN

153

EVIN CONNON

St Tiernan's Community School Dundrum Dublin

IS GREYSTONES WHEELCHAIR FRIENDLY? TEACHER: MS MARY O ' SULLIVAN 161

FIONA RYAN

Presentation Sec School Terenure Dublin 6

AN INVESTIGATION TO FIND OUT IF THERE IS ANY RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EYE COLOUR AND COLOUR PREFERENCES

MUSICAL LITERACY IN SOUTH-WEST DUBLIN TEACHER : MEABH COOGAN

TEACHER : JOHN DILLANE

154

ORLA CONROY

Pobalscoil An Teaghlaigh Naofa Rathcoole Co Dublin

162

WHY ARE SOME PEOPLE PIEBALD?

TEACHER : MS BRENDA KELLY

DEARBHLA CRONIN

TEACHER : ANNE MARIE O'BOYLE

St Mary' s Convent of Mercy Nenagh Co Tipperay

PEOPLE AND PETS TEACHER : BREDA DUGGAN

156

St Conleths College Ballsbridge

Dublin 4

A GREEN TEEN SCENE

155

BARRY WARD

OLIVIA DEVANE

Blakestown Community School Blanchardstown Dublin

SOCIAL AND BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCES

Individal Projects Intermediate Section

Stand No. 163

ORLA BRENNAN

Presentation Sec School Terenure Dublin 6

BULLYING IN SCHOOL TEACHER : MR SEAN FITZMAURICE

MUSIC TO YOUR EARS TEACHER: MEABH COOGAN

38

39

Stand No.

Stand No. 164

MICHAEL CAGNEY

O'Connell ' s Christian Brothers Sch Dublin Nth Richmond Street

172

SUSAN COGAN

Mount Anville Secondary School Mount Anville Dublin

Colaiste Choilm Ballincollig Co Cork

ALCOHOL ABUSE - THE MYTHS VRS THE REALITIES. TEACHER : MR DOMNALL FLEMING

FEARS FOR OUR EARS THE SOUNDS OR SILENCE TEACHER : ANTHONY MURPHY I 165

BERNADETTE IRENE LEE

173

FERGUS McCORMACK

St Michael's College Ailesbury Road Dublin

ARTHRITIS-NO I.D. NECESSARY

ASPIRIN, USES AND ABUSES

TEACHER : MS ANNE LYNCH

TEACHER : C ATHERINE O'DWYER 166

ROSEMARY COLLIER

Sacred Heart School Drogheda Co Louth

174

GAELIC FOOTBALL -A STUDY OF COMMON INJUR IES AND THEIR TREATMENTS TEACHER : RITA SHORTALL

167

SHEENA NOREEN CUNNINGHAM

St Vincent's Secondary School Dundalk Co Louth

TEACHER : MISS FRANCES O'REGAN 175

Presentation Sec School Terenure Dublin 6

176

CAREERS-MAKING A CHOICE OR FOLLOWING FOOTSTEPS TEA CHER : AUSTIN KEARNEY

St David ' s Secondary School Greystones Cc Wicklow

TEACHER: MS MARY O 'SULLIVAN MARY HUGHES

St Brigid 's Vocational School Loughrea Co Galway

TO EAT OR NOT TO EAT-THAT IS THE QUESTION TEACHER : MS GERALDINE FLYNN 40

Margaret Aylward College Whitehall Dublin

GRAHAM SMITH

St Michael ' s College Ailesbury Road Dublin

MORBIDITY STATISTICS LINKED TO VEHICLE AND OWNER ROAD WORTHINESS. TEACHER : EAMONN DE GRAE

EXAM PRESSURE

171

DEIRDRE SHERIDAN

TEACHER : MS DENISE WALSH 178

RACHEL GAFFNEY

Scoil loseph Naota Tulach Co An Chlair

SMOKING - ITS YOUR CHOICE

AN INVESTIGATION OF SUBLIMINAL ADVERTISING TEACHER : MS ANNE LYNCH

170

CIARAN O'GRIOFA

TEACHER: SR BOSCO GRIFFIN

St Michael ' s College Ailesbury Road Dublin

ALEXANDER FRENCH

Colaiste Choilm Ballincollig Co Cork

SEVEN TOWNLANDS 1841-1991

177 169

ERIC MOORE

THE CASUALTIES OF HABITS,THE SMOKERS NIGHTMARE. TEACHER : MR DOMNALL FLEMING

TEACHER : MRS C BYRNE

DEIRDRE DONOHOE

Our Lady ' s College Drogheda Co Louth

LAND USE CLUSTERING

A NICE CUPPA - OR IS IT?

168

LOUISE McGOVERN

179

DECLAN WEBB

Convent of Mercy Secondary Sch Roscommon

SCIENCE IS MAGIC! TEACHER : MS YVONNE HANBURY

41

SOCIAL AND "BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCES

Stand No.

Individa/ProJe SeI^ier Section

187

DECLAN LYNCH

Templeogue College Dublin

Stand No. 180

181

JULIE COURNANE

COMPUTER AIDED TESTING AND REPORTING ON HOME REVISION. TEACHER : WILLIAM WALSH CSSP

Presentation Secondary School Milltown Killarney Co Kerry ACTION PLAN FOR THE REDU&ION IN ATHEROS CLEROSIS IN KERRY. TEACHER : MAIREAD MORIARTY

REGINA CUNNINGHAM

188

DUNCAN McMILLAN

Presentation College Askea Carlow

COMPARATIVE STUDY OF FRENCH, CORNISH AND IRISH ARTIFACTS AND SITES

Cnoc Mhuire Convent Granard Co Longford

TEACHER: MR SEAMUS WALSHE

189

ANIMAL PHARM (CLENBUTEROL).

MARY O'TOOLE

St Enda 's Community School Limerick

TEACHER : MARY FLYNN 182

MICHELLE DILLON

HOW CAN WE IMPROVE LIFE FOR THE DISABLED TEACHER: MR BRENDAN WORSFOLD

Sacred Heart Convent Roscrea Co Tipperary

190

ANNA LOUISE PHILLIPS

Manor House School Raheny Dublin

HOW TO ADD YEARS TO YOUR LIFE TEACHER : MS NORMA CUSACK-DYWER 183

ADRIAN FLYNN

SURVIVING JET LAG: CAUSES AND SOLUTIONS TEACHER : MR MAURICE MURPHY

Athlone Community College Retreat Road Co Westmeath

191

GORDON GUILTY

Christian Brothers Secondary Sch Gorey Co Wexford

CANCER ETOMOLOGY AND YOU TEACHER: MRS C HICKEY OMAOLAIN 184

PATRICIA GAVIN

ANALYSIS OF THE CHANNEL TUNNEL AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR IRELAND TEACHER: MS MARGARET O'BRIEN

Ursuline Convent Secondary School Thurles Co Tipperary 192

CHAUVINISTIC SCIENCE

RORY SHERLOCK

Scariff Community College Co Clare

TEACHER: MS ANNE MALONEY

HOW SAFE ARE OUR SCHOOLS? 185

BRIAN HURLEY

TEACHER : MR T J O ' HALLORAN

Douglas Community School Douglas Co Cork 193

NORMAN STEVENSON

Christian Brothers Secondary Sch Gorey Co Wexford

BIOFEEDBACK AS A METHOD OF REDUCING PHOBIAS TEACHER: MR TOM O 'HANLON 1

GREEN ARCHITECTURE TEACHER: MS MARGARET O'BRIEN

186

MIRIAM KELLY

St Brigid's Vocational School Loughrea Co Galway

194

CLARE TAYLOR

Manor House School Raheny Dublin

SOCIAL JUSTICE IN A CHANGING WORLD TEACHER : MS MARY ANGLIM

THE COST OF KEEPING WARM '92 TEACHER : MR MAURICE MURPHY

42

43

Group Projects Junior Section

SOCIAL AND BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCES

,tand No,

195

Sacred Heart Convent Roscrea Co Tipperary

AISLING BOLGER Siobhan Keeshan Sinead Kehoe

Loreto College Dublin St Ste p hen ' s Green

JANE DOUGLAS Michelle Mac Cormack Bren d a M orr i s

203

Stand No.

LIFE OR BEAUTY A STUDY OF COSMETIC TESTING ON ANIMALS. TEACHER : MARTINA KELLY

BRIGHT SPARK TEACHER : MS GRAINNE MULCAHY 04 196

Caritas College Ballytermot Dublin

ANITA BRANAGAN Anita Maher

St David ' s Secondary School Greystones Co Wicklow

JANICE DRISCOLL Elizabeth Doyle Kate Megannety APHASIA: THE HIDDEN HANDICAP

WATER FOR LIFE

TEACHER : MS MARY O ' SULLIVAN TEACHER : CATHERINE MURRAY Loreto Convent Secondary School Wexford

197. DARINA BRAZIL Amy Cleary

205

St Brigid's College Callan Co Kilkenny

MONICA DUNNE Aine Mahessy CHEESED OFF

SHOPPING AROUND

TEACHER : EMILY NOLAN

TEACHER : MRS LOUISE MURPHY

198

Patrician College Newbridge Co Kildare

CIARAN BRENNAN Liam Stones

206

Presentation Sec School Terenure Dublin 6

EMMA FAY Emma Whelan FAST FOOD-EASY EXIT

THE REGULATION OF THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC THROUGH NEWBRIDGE TEACHER : MR MICHAEL O'CALLAGHAN

TEACHER : ELIZABETH COLLINS

207

9

Manor House School Raheny

RIONA CAHALANE Emma Ryan

St Mac Daras C.C. Wellington Lane Templeogue Dublin 6W

OWEN FITZPATRICK Declan Quinn

Dublin THE EMOTIONAL AND PHY SICAL EFFECTS CAUSED BY TELEVISION TO DAY

ANIMALS DON'T WEAR MAKE-UP

TEACHER: CIARON COLLINS

TEACHER : MR MAURICE MURPHY 00

Colaiste an Chroi Naofa

TIM CAHILL Diarmuid Kiely

Cork

08

Our Lady ' s Bower School Athlone Co Westmeath

AOIFE GIBSON Maria Bracken

LIFE OUTSIDE THE MILK QUOTA TEACHER : KATHLEEN DWYER 1

NALYSIS OF THE USAGE OF THE METRIC SYSTEM TEACHER : MR CHRISTOPHER ARMSTRONG

Sandymount High School Ballsbridge Dublin

HEATHER CASEY Sonya Bailey

WASHING POWDERS EFFECTIVENESS VERSES POPULARITY TEACHER: MRS HELENA CATHCART

9

Manor House School Raheny Dublin

EDIN HANRAHAN Aisling O'Reilly WASTE NOT, WANT NOT

2

St Mary ' s Christian Bros Grammar Sc Glen Road Belfast

FRANCIS DARCY Conor Gannon

THE GREEN REVOLUTION FACT OR FICTION RECYCLING IN WEST BELFAST TEACHER : TERESA MCCANN 44

TEACHER: MR MAURICE MURPHY 0

St David ' s Secondary School Greystones Co Wicklow

ARAH JANE KETTERER Tammy Rockett EXERCISE AND THE ASTH MATIC

TEACHER : MS MARY O ' SULLIVAN 45

Stand No.

Stand No. 211

Presentation Secondary School Wexford

DEIRDRE LAWLOR Katrina Roice

219

Muckross Park College Donnybrook Dublin

JULIANNE MORRISSEY Clara O'Brien Lynne Rourke

STATISTICALLY SPEEDING WHAT HAPPENS WHEN I DRINK

TEACHER : MS MAURA SCANLON

TEACHER : MS ANNE MARIE MEE 212

St David ' s Secondary School Greystones Co Wicklow

CLARE LEDWITH Niamh 0' Leary Susan Scally

220

Blakestown Community School Blanchardstown

MARTINA MULCAHY Suzanne Kavanagh

Dublin

WHO DOES HOUSEWORK?

HOW FAST DO WE REACT

TEACHER : MR SEAN FITZMAURICE

TEACHER : MICHAEL REDMOND

213

LIAM LYNN Clara Murray

St David ' s Secondary School Greystones Co Wicklow

221

PAPER BANKS WOULD YIELD PROFIT FOR ALL TEACHER : EMILY NOLAN

ST DAVIDS 2ND YEARS - ARE WE FIT? TEACHER : MS MARY O ' SULLIVAN

214

Gairm Scoil Bheal an Atha Moir Leifear Co Dhun Na Ngall

DOLORES MAC MONAGAIL Maire Ni Chathmhaoil Caitlin Ni Dhuibhir

St Brigid ' s College Callan Co Kilkenny

AOIFE MURPHY Jennifer Hegarty Grainne Brett

222

Colaiste an Chroi Naofa Cork

JOHN MURPHY Ciaran Fitzgerald CONSUMER CHOICES

TEACHER : KATHLEEN DWYER

CEN FATH GO GCAITHEANN DEAGOIRI TOITINI TEACHER : FIONA NI CHNAIMHSI 223 215

Presentation Sec School Terenure Dublin 6

ELAINA MAGINN Aoite O ' Mahony

St Wolstans Holyfaith Sec School

MICHELLE O'BOYLE Aoilbhe O ' Sullivan

Celbridge Co Kildare

WHEEZING AND SNEEZING ASPE TS OF ASTHMA TEACHER : FRANCES FITZHARRIS

COMIC RELIEF TEACHER : MR DAMIENNE LETMON 224 216

Caritas College Ballyfermot Dublin

DARINA MARTIN Louise Byrne Catherine Burke

St David ' s Secondary School Greystones Co Wicklow

LORRAINE O'BRIEN Nicola O'Brien Sarah Prior MUSICAL NOTES

TEACHER : MS MARY O'SULLIVAN

THE FIGHT AGAINST AIR POLLUTION IN BALLYFERMOT - VICTORY OR DEFEAT TEACHER : CATHERINE MURRAY

225 217

Ursuline Convent Secondary School Thurles Co Tipperary

KAREN McCARTHY Ann-Marie Smee

Presentation Sec School Terenure Dublin 6

ANNE O'CONNOR Rosemarie O'Mahony Aiveen Ryan WHAT EQUALITY

TEACHER : MARIE -THERESE CANAVAN FIRST A SPARK, THEN A FLAME TEACHER : MS ANNE MALONEY 226 218

St Brigid ' s College Callan Co Kilkenny

CIARA O'GRADY Cathy Power

Regina Mundi College D ouglas Roa d

JENNIFER McCARTHY Claire Warren

Cork SNORING TODAY

GIVE MEAT A REST-ARE VEGETABLES THE BEST TEACHER : EMILY NOLAN

TEACHER : MR RORY STOCKDALE

46

47

Stand No.

Stand No. 227

C.B.S. TOWER HILL PORTLAOISE CO LAOIS

PADRAIG O'MEARA James Crossan

234

OUR CROWNING GLORY

RECYCLING BIN FOR HOUSEHOLD RUBBISH TEACHER: MR WILLIAM QUINLAN

228

Gonzaga College Ranelagh Dublin

JOHN PEGUM Ronan Carr Fanning

St Brigid 's College Callan Co Kilkenny

KATHERINE BYRNE Grainne Morrissey Aishling Murphy

TEACHER : EMILY NOLAN

235

St Brigid's College Callan Co Kilkenny

SINEAD CAMPION Maria Byrne COULD FARMS BE MADE SAFER FOR ALL?

TEACHER : EMILY NOLAN

CYCLING HELMET - WHO WEARS THEM? TEACHER : MR JOSEPH O'BRIAIN 236 229

St Mary ' s Secondary School Nenagh Co Tipperary

MARY WHITE Claire Kennedy

Our Lady's Bower School Athlone Co Westmeath

LENA CAMPION Sarah Keady Brenda Kelly

INVESTIGATION INTO PUBLIC TRANSPORT IN ATHLONE

THE STUDY OF TRAFFIC PATTERNS AND THEIR EFFECTS ON COMMUNITY TEACHER : MARY HAUGH

TEACHER : MR CHRISTOPHER ARMSTRONG 237

230

Franciscan College Gormanston Co Meath

JAMES WILLIAMS Austin McGeough

THE PROSPERITY AND OUTCOME OF A SMALL (RURAL) TOWN:CASE STUDY MULLAGH CO. CAVAN TEACHER : FR DECLAN TIMMONS

Stand No. 231

DOGS-FRIENDS OR FOE? TEACHER: MS MAIREAD MCNAMARA

238

TEACHER: MR TERRY MCCANN

239 Presentation Sec School Terenure Dublin 6

NIAMH BANVILLE Niamh Delaney

240 Loreto Convent Foxrock Dublin 18

RUTH BARRAGRY Marion Berry

Our Lady' s Bower School Athlone Co Westmeath

GAIL CONWAY Yvonne Devlin Sinead Leydon

THE TOPSY TURVY, BACK TO FRONT WORLD OF DYSLEXIA TEACHER: MR CHRISTOPHER ARMSTRONG

YOU'RE NEVER FULLY DRESSED WITHOUT A SMILE TEACHER : NUALA CRANLEY

232

Dean Brian Maguire School Carrickmore Co Tyrone

IMELDA CONLAN Martina Conway Brenda McAleer

NO BREATH

Group Projects Intermediate Section

SOCIAL AND BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCES

Maryfield College Drumcondra Dublin

CREA CARBERRY Aine McCarthy

St Dominics High School Santa Sabina Sutton Dublin

ANGELA DALY Paula Cummins Nicola Barrett RECYCLING- SAVING ENERGY

TEACHER : DERMOT QUISH

AN ASPIRIN A DAY KEEPS THE HEART ATTACK AWAY TEACHER : ROSE GIBLIN 241 233

St Brigid ' s College

SUSIE BROWNE

Callan Cc Kilkenny

Julianne O ' Regan Jennifer Quinn

FREE EDUCATION ... DREAM ON. TEACHER: MARY 0 RIORDAN

48

St Mary's Academy Station Road

DERMOT DEMPSEY Paul Cullen

Carlow

Patrick Foley

YOU ARE WHAT YOU WEAR - OR ARE YOU? SCHOOL UNIFORMS - A CHOICE TEACHER : GERRY WATCHORN 49

Stand No. 242

Stand No. Riversdale Community College Corduff Dublin

JANICE DENNY Suzanne Kavanagh

250

Scoil Mhuire Convent of Mercy Buncrana Co Donegal

JENNIFER GLEESON Breege McLaughlin

HEALTHY WEALTHY AND FIT TEACHER : MS PATRICIA DEANE

CANCER - A BUNCRANA PERSPECTIVE TEACHER : MS LORNA BARRON

243

COLETTE DESMOND MArie McCarthy Geraldine Buckley

St Mary ' s Secondary School Macroom Co Cork

251

Colaiste Choilm Ballincollig Co Cork

CLARA GOLDEN Denise Hillgrove

FARM SAF E T Y TEACHER : MS MARY TWOMEY

244

MARTINA DONOHOE Barbara Miller Olivia McGeough

St Louis Secondary School Carrickmacross Co Monaghan

BUSES:TO STOP OR NOT TO STOP THAT IS THE QUESTION TEACHER : MR DOMNALL FLEMING

252

Ard Scot Mhuire Corbally Limerick

FRANCES GRIFFIN Ornaith O'Dwyer Maria O ' Dwyer

THE ART OF REFLEXOLOGY IN THE NEW AGE TEACHER : ANNE CRONIN

NO JOY FOR JOYRIDERS TEACHER : MR TOM O'DWYER

245

MALACHY DUGGAN Feidhlim O ' Hanlon Tony Kilcommons

St Aloyisus Athlone Co Roscommon

253

AN INVESTIGATION INTO HOUSE FORM AND CULTURE TEACHER : ROBERT LARKIN

246

NIAMH DUNLEVY Naoise Gorham Sinead McAleer

St Louis Secondary School Dundalk Co Louth

Colaiste an Chroi Naofa Cork

JOHN HANRAHAN Daniel Twomey

ALL TIED UP - A SURVEY ON SEATBELTS USAGE TEACHER : KATHLEEN DWYER

254

WHERE ARE YOU GROWING TO?

Manor House School Raheny Dublin

LEAH HICKEY Zoe Walsh R.E.M.

TEACHER : MS SIOBHAN GREER

47

BRIAN ENGLISH Fergal Corcoran

St Mary ' s Academy Station Road Carlow

TEACHER : MR MAURICE MURPHY

255

St Louis Secondary School Carrickmacross Co Monaghan

KATIE HOLTEN Shelly Holten Ruth O'Neill

WHO'S GOT THE LAND? TEACHER : LEO HOGAN

248

DEIRDRE EOGAN Jacki Kelly

St Louis High School Rathmines Dublin

CAREER CHOICES-WILL YOU SUIT YOUR JOB? TEACHER : ANNE CRONIN

256

A SMOKELESS WAY BACK TO BETTER HEALTH TEACHER : LAURA HANRAHAN

Dominican College Griffith Avenue D u bli n

SINEAD JEFFREY Elaine Fennelly

A STUDY OF MENTAL HANDICAP TEACHER : MS OLIVE LAFFOY

249

OLIVE FORRISTAL Georgina Cleary

St Brigid ' s College Callan Co Kilkenny

THE USES AND ABUSES OF COMMON DRUGS TEACHER : MARY 0 RIORDAN

257

Presentation Sec School Terenure Dublin 6

AISLING KELLY Siobhan Kelly Paula Clarke CHILDRENS CANCER CONNECTION

TEACHER : MR JOHN LOUGHMAN 50

51

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Stand No. 258

Sacred Heart Convent Roscrea Co Tipperary

NICOLA KENNEDY Joanne Ryan Margaret Donnelly

265

LINDA McLAUGHLIN Olivia Curran Aisling McElduff

Dean Brian Maguire H.S. Carrickmore Co Tyrone

THE MIGRANE MYSTERY

ARTHRITIS I A REAL PAIN

TEACHER : MR TERRY MCCANN

EACHER : MR MICHAEL O'SHEA

259

Our Lady ' s Secondary School Templemore Co Tipperary

PARAIC KENNY John Bane Adrian Mulryan

266

FATS AND FIGURES

Christ King Girl ' s Secondary South Douglas Road Cork

SINEAD KEOHANE Katherine Foley

Loreto Convent Secondary School Wexford

COMPARISON BETWEEN THE MONTESSORI AND PRIMARY SCHOOL METHOD OF TRAINING TEACHER : MRS LOUISE MURPHY

TEACHER : KAY O'REGAN

260

JENNY McNALLY Anne-Marie Fenelon

267

MICHAEL MEEHAN Eddie Cummins John Hanlon

Vocational School Shanagolden Co Limerick

COLOUR CONTRARY EYES TEACHER : PAULINE SHANAHAN

FOYNES ISLAND FUTURE DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL TEACHER : MR MICHAEL DALY

261

Portumna Community School Portumna Co Galway

AOIFE KILKENNY Liam Finnegan Laura Browne

268

IF IT KEEPS-DOES IT GLOW EACHER : JOYCE PIERCE

SINEAD MORRISSEY Joya Dunne Emer Carroll

St Brigid ' s College Callan Co Kilkenny

DESIGNER TAGS-DO WE NEED THEM? 262

TEACHER : EMILY NOLAN

Gairmscoil Bheal an Atha Moir An clochan Leifear

BARRY McMEANMAN Cathal Mc Meanman

269 FEIRMEOIREACHT CHURAMACH FEIRMEOIREACHT SHABHAILTE

DAVID MURPHY Kevin Pender Nigel So

St Joseph's College Ballinalsoe Co Galway

EACHER: FIONA NI CHNAIMHSI

263

SELLAFIELD-ENERGY PRODUCER OR POTENTIAL DISASTER TEACHER : MR M FITZGERALD

St Mary ' s High School Limavady Co Derry

MICHELLE McCLOSKEY Elizabeth Brown Marian Butcher

270 RESEARCH AND REALISATION OF SPECIAL NEEDS EDUCATIONAL TOOLS TEACHER : JOHNNY REANEY d

264

271 THE EFFECT OF MUSIC ON THE YOUTH OF TODAY

Colaiste losagain Bothar Stigh Lorgan Co Baile Atha Cliath

AN MBEADH GRAHAM BELL SASTA LEIS AN GUTHAN INNIU TEACHER: MARTINA NI CHATHAIN

Strabane Grammar School Strabane Co Tyrone

CAROLINE McCOLGAN Clare Gamble

ELVA NI BHRAOIN Aisling Ni Bhuachalla Aoibheann Ni Mhearain

CATRIONA NI BHROITHE Aifric Ni Chaollai Muireann Ni Shuilleabhain

Colaiste losagain Bothar Stigh Lorgan Co Baile Atha Cliath

TEACHER: ANNE MCMAHON EIRE - GAELTACHT NO GALLTACHT TEACHER : SIOBHAN MAIRTIN

52

53

Stand No. 272

Stand No.

BEIBHINN NI BHUACHALLA Siobhan Ni Mhurchu Aine Ni Chathasaigh

Colaiste losagain Bothar Stigh Lorgan Co Baffle Atha Cliath

279

SHANE 0 DRISCOLL Anthony O ' Mahony

Douglas Community School Douglas Co Cork

AN CHUMHACHT FOGRAIOCHTA AN ANALYSIS OF THE FACTORS WHICH INFLUENCE MOTORISTS' ATTITUDES TOWARDS CAR FUEL TEACHER : MR TOM O'HANLON

TEACHER : MARTINA NI CHATHAIN 273

FIONA NIC A BHAIRD Carolin Ni Gloinne Elaine Ni Earcain

Gairm Scoil Bheal an Atha Moir Leifear Co Dhun Na Ngall

280

AN FEIDIR THU A BHEIGH FOLLAIN GAN ACLAIOCHT A DHEANAMH TEACHER : FIONA NI CHNAIMHSI

NOELLE O'GORMAN Olive Campion

St Brigid ' s College Callan Co Kilkenny

PAYING THE PRICE FOR BEING A COELIAC TEACHER : EMILY NOLAN

274

RUTH O'BRIEN Rachael Letsome Lyn Wrafter

Dominican College Salthill Galway

281

St Enda's Community School Limerick

YOUTHFUL EATING TEACHER: MR BRENDAN WORSFOLD

IS IT A MYTH OR IS THERE TRUTH IN THE THEORY THAT CERTAIN FOODS CAN CAUSE ALLERGIES

282 TEACHER : PATRICIA LALLY

275

SHEILA OMALLEY Susan Moloney

CAITRIONA O'BRIEN Helen Murphy

LISA O'NEILL Ciara O'Connor

St Wolstans Holyfaith Sec School Celbridge Co Kildare

STRESS IN THE FAMILY HOME

St Dominic ' s College Cabra Dublin 7

TEACHER : GILLIAN GERAGHTY 283

MAKING A BAGS OF THINGS

LIAM O'TOOLE Paul Beecher

Colaiste Choilm Ballincollig Co Cork

TEACHER : MS NUALA O ' DONNELL 276

SINEAD O'CONNOR Katherine Barry Denise Nugent

BALLINCOLLIG AN EVER CHANGING URBAN LANDSCAPE TEACHER: MR DOMNALL FLEMING

Our Lady ' s Bower School Athlone Co Westmeath

TO SEW OR NOT TO SEW

284 TEACHER : MR CHRISTOPHER ARMSTRONG

277

RHONAGH O'DONNELL Ruth Stafford Zoe Quinn

St Dominic ' s High School Sutton Dublin 13

ANNE PICKETT Aisling Fitzpatrick

Conley College Leixlip Co Kildare

RECYCLING - WHAT CAN BE DONE? WHO CARES? WHEREABOUTS? TEACHER : MARY FOX

AN INVESTIGATION OF DIFFERENTIAL SOCIAL

ATTITUDES IN DUBLIN SCHOOLS

285 TEACHER : D OUISH

278

SUSAN O'DRISCOLL Clare Sheehy Lesley Mcllvenna

Manor House School Raheny Dublin

ANOREXIA NERVOSA - THE MODERN DAY FAMINE? TEACHER: MR MAURICE MURPHY

TREVOR RODGERS Mark Grieve Kevin Kirstein

Colaiste Choilm Ballincollig Co Cork

TRAFFIC - AN ACCELERATING PROBLEM TEACHER : MR DOMNALL FLEMING 286

JACQUELINE RYAN Rachel Kavanagh Genevieve Ryan

Muckross Park College Donnybrook Dublin

THE PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF CHILD ABUSE TEACHER : MS ADRIENNE RELIHAN 54 55

Stand No. 287

Stand No.

SUSAN SHEEHAN Karen Clarke Orla Keely

St Brigid ' s Vocational School Loughrea Co Galway

294

THE NATURAL WAY

DEARBHLA STAPLETON Grainne Timlin Donagh Reid

Our Lady' s Bower School Athlone Co Westmeath

295

EVIL DECEIVAL TEACHER : MR CHRISTOPHER ARMSTRONG

289

MARIA WALSH Margaret Coone

St Brigid's College Callan Co Kilkenny

St Brigid's College Callan Co Kilkenny

COULD DEER FARMING BECOME IRELAND'S MOST PROFITABLE ENTERPRISE? TEACHER : EMILY NOLAN

TEACHER : MS GERALDINE FLYNN

288

CAROLINE CAMPION Ann Marie Kiernan Marie Bowden

TIM CANNIFFE Sean Furlong Patrick Cotter

Nagle Community College Blackrock Cork

A SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF FOTA WILDLIFE PARK TEACHER : MRS MARY CLAYTON 296

JACKIE CARTER Evonne Boland

Cross And Passion Kilcullen Co Kildare

CHANGING TIME TEACHER : EMILY NOLAN

290

MICHELLE WILLIAMS Mary Galvin Olivia Brennan

Caritas College Ballyfermot Dublin

THE EFFECTS OF A BY-PASS ON A SMALL TOWN TEACHER : NOEL CLARE 297

FITNESS FREAKS AND HEALTH HOUNDS. TEACHER : CATHERINE MURRAY

MARGARET CLEARY Roselyn Goff Una Kiernan

St Brigid 's College Callan Co Kilkenny

THE PERILS OF PESTICIDES TEACHER : MARY 0 RIORDAN 298

SOCIAL AND BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCES

Group Projects Senior Section

TEACHER : MS HELEN RENEHAN

PATRICK JNR BARRETT Robert Conway

The Christian Brothers Sexton Street Limerick

299

THE UNKNOWN DISEASE CALLED MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS

RAYMOND BYRNE Alan Lord Paul Blake

St Michael ' s College Aileshury Road Dublin

0

St Louis Secondary School Dundalk Co Louth

ADOLESCENT FITNESS - THE FACTS TEACHER : MS SIOBHAN GREER

HELEN CROWLEY Kathryn Matthews Ogla Gogarty

Dun Lughaidh Secondary School Dundalk Co Louth

A LINGUISTIC ANALYSIS OF SCHOOL GOERS IN THE DUNDALK AREA TEACHER: MS SIOBHAN GREER

TEACHER : MS ANNE LYNCH

EIMEAR BYRNE Patricia McCreesh

Presentation Secondary School Kilkenny Caitriona Butler TEACHER : MS JOAN CASHIN

ASTHMA-A NIGHTMARE FOR THE YOUNG

293

RUTH CONWAY Margaret Clarke BEAUTY WITHOUT CRUELTY

TEACHER : ARTHURA MCCORMICK

2

Loreto Convent Secondary School Kilkenny

BREAST OR BOTTLE ?

Stand No. 291

JENNY COLLINS Alva Mannion

301

ELLEN DELANEY Tanya Layng

Manor House School Raheny Dublin

THE EFFECTS OF COMPUTERS IN PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHER : MR MAURICE MURPHY

56 57

Stand No. 302

Stand No. St Brigid ' s College Callan Co Kilkenny

JOANNE DONOHOE Olivia Bowe Louise McCormick

309

LEFT IS RIGHT

Karen Hannan Caroline Frawley

Presentation Secondary School Limerick Carol Brandon

JOB AND LIFE PROFILE OF RECENT PRESENTATION PAST PUPILS.

TEACHER : MARY 0 RIORDAN

TEACHER : CORNELIUS BRAY

303

Patrician College Newbridge Co Kildare

DARREN DONOHUE Ros Muldoon

310

TO I N VESTIGATE THE PSYCOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF COLOURS TEACHER : MR MICHAEL O'CALLAGHAN

304

St Michael's College Ailesbury Road Dublin

ALAN FERRIS Kieran MacHugh

MARY HAYDEN Niamh Kelly Stephanie Gahan

Our Lady of Lourdes Secondary Sch. New Ross Co Wexford

THE EFFECT THAT FIZZY DRINKS CAN HAVE ON OUR SYSTEM TEACHER: MS MARY PILKINGTON

311

FIDELMA KENNY Sinead Ryan

Convent of Mercy Secondary Sch Roscommon Mary Mullarkey

IS YOUR HOME SAFE?

HOW SAFE IS SAFE

TEACHER : MS ANNE LYNCH

TEACHER : MS YVONNE HANBURY 305

Our Lady of Lourdes Secondary Sch .

New Ross Co Wexford

PAULA FINN Clara Byrne

312

ELEANOR KILROY Aine Mahony Lorna Vaughan

St Brigid 's College Callan Co Kilkenny

WHEN THE DUST SETTLES....

DREAM ON....

TEACHER : MS MARY PILKINGTON

TEACHER : EMILY NOLAN

306

Our Lady ' s Bower School Athlone Co Westmeath

JOANNE GALLAGHER Sarah Murphy Claire Dunning

313

CAN YOU KICK IT?

Loreto Convent Secondary School Wexford

OLWEN GATELY Elaine Kiely

Ballymun Senior Comprehensive Ballymun Road Dublin 11

ADVERTISEMENTS - DO THEY MAN IPULATE THE YOUNG CONSUMER? TEACHER: TONY O'REILLY

TEACHER : MR CHRISTOPHER ARMSTRONG

307

MARIE LEAHY Jean Gibbons

314

PERSISTENT PARKING PROBLEMS IN WEXFORD

VICKI LIVINGSTONE Elaine Kelleher

Christ King Girl's Secondary South Douglas Road Cork

CORK CITY DUMP-THE PEOPLE'S VIEW TEACHER : MARY O'LEARY

EACHER : MS MARY RIORDAN 5 308

OLIVIA GLEESON Caroline Doran Cara McKiernan

St Louis High School Rathmines Dublin

WOMEN INTO TECHNOLOGY TEACHER: LAURA HANRAHAN 58

JAMES LYNCH Eoin O ' Mahony Brian Costello

Colaiste Choitm Ballincollig Co Cork

THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PROTECTIVE GEAR FOR HURLING TEACHER : MR DOMNALL FLEMING 59

Stand No.

Stand No. 316

Mercy College Chapel Hill Sligo

CAROL McCORMACK Denise Filan

324

ALCOHOL AND SMOKING - STUDY OF ATTITUDES AND ADVERTISING EFFECTS TEACHER : MR DENIS HANBURY

317

St Louis Secondary School Dundalk Co Louth

AISLING McGUINNESS Helen Tynan

PACAIL - POPCHOIRCE NO POLAISTIRIN TEACHER : FIONA NI CHNAIMHSI

325

ALCOHOL THE HOMETRUTHS

TEACHER: MS SIOBHAN GREER 326 Loreto Convent Foxrock Dublin 18

CAROL McMANUS Tanya McGrath COCKTAIL

St Peter' s College Wexford Rory Doyle

SEAN MEYLER Padhraic McGillycuddy

EZEE DOES IT TEACHER: MS OLIVE LAFFOY

Vocational School Ennis Co Clare

GLENDA MONAHAN Grainne McInerney Fiona Lacey

328

TEACHER : MR MATT POWER St Olivers Community College Rathmullen Drogheda Co Louth

THOMAS MOORE Brian Hughes

ALCOHOL ABUSE AMONG THE YOUNG FACT OR FANTASY TEACHER : AOIFE MHIC RAGHNAILL

TEACHER: MISS R MORAHAN

330

AN INVESTIGATION OF THE POOR FERTILITY IN THE NON THOROUGHBRED HORSE INDUSTRY AND THE ECONOMIC EFFECTS THAT FOLLOW ON TEACHER : MR MARTIN FAHY

331

MORE ACCIDENTS FOR LEFTIES?

60

Vocational School Johnstown Kilkenny

ANITA TALLIS Patricia Dalton Eileen Webster

TEACHER: D QUISH

St Joseph ' s Convent Of Mercy Athboy Co Meath

KAREN MULLEN Hazel Briody

Bailieboro Community School Bailieboro Cc Cavan

GERALDINE SMITH Vivienne Brady Catherine Clinch WELCOME TO THE DREAM ZONE

St Dominic ' s High School Sutton Dublin 13

CORA MOORE Karen Proudfobt Erica Keegan DISCOS: A SOCIALOGICAL SURVEY OF PEER GROUP ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIOUR

323

St Brigid's College Callan Co Kilkenny

SINEAD RYAN Niamh Melia Sarah O'Mahony

BIOTECHNOLOGY - A HOPE FOR THE FUTURE TEACHER : W A GARDINER

329

322

Dominican College Griffith Avenue Dublin

NIAMH O'SHAUGHNESSY Martina Sheridan

TEACHER : MR THOMAS TYNAN

THE AER LINGUS YOUNG SCIENTISTS EXHIBITION - A DETAILED ANALYSIS

321

TEACHER: W A GARDINER

TEACHER : MICHAEL O'FLAHERTY

SPORT - FRIEND OR ENEMY

320

St Brigid's College Callan Co Kilkenny

OLIVE O ' NEILL Ann Marie Cushen Mary Delaney THE SLIM FACTS

327 319

Templeogue College Dublin

NIALL O'CONNELL Mervyn O ' Boyle

TEACHER : MS PHILIPPA MORAN

SPORT IT MAKES OR BREAKS YOU

318

Gairm Scoil Bheal an Atha Moir Leifear Co Dhun Na Ngall

SIOBHAN NIC GAOITHIN Louise Nic Mheanman Tracey Nic Ateachlainn

TEACHER: MS MAIREAD GLENNON

Our Lady of Lourdes Secondary Sch. New Ross Cc Wexford FAMINE PAST AND PRESENT ETHIOPIA AND IRELAND TEACHER: SR JACINTA PRUNTY

SINEAD TUBRITT Patricia Middleton

61

Stand No. 332

Christian Brothers Secondary Sch Gorey Co Wexford

FRANCIS VAUGHAN David Murphy Keith Walsh

THE MODERNISATION OF THE WEXFORD SEWAGE SYSTEM. TEACHER: MS MARGARET O'BRIEN

333

St Michael ' s College Ailesbury Road Dublin

CHRISTIAN VICTORY Mark Flanagan

REACTION MEDIATED THROUGH PERCEPTION TEACHER : MS ANNE LYNCH

63 62

BIOLOGICAL AND ECOLOGICAL SCIENCES

'

Projects Junior Section

Stand No. 341

Patrician College Newbridge Co Kildare

JOHANTHAN REIDY

Stand No. 334

Patrician College Newbridge Co Kildare

MARTIN BUCKLEY

THE RESPONSE TO WORMS AND WOODLOUCE TO ELECTRICAL CURRENT TEACHER : MR MICHAEL O'CALLAGHAN

335

TO TEST THE STICKINESS OF THE MUCHAS OF SNAIL TEACHER : MR MICHAEL O'CALLAGHAN

342

Carnew Community College Carnew Co Wicklow

HAZEL BURKE

O ' Connell ' s Christian Brothers Sch Dublin Nth Richmond Street

CONOR SMITH

LUNGBUSTERS TEACHER : ANTHONY MURPHY

MANILA CLAM PREDATORS

TEACHER: KENNETH SWEENEY

336

St Dominic' s High School Falls Road Belfast

SHARON CONNOLLY

A LABORATORY INVESTIGATION INTO ACID RAIN TEACHER: MR J MCLAUGHLIN

337

343

ASTRONAUT HEALTH IN ZERO-GRAVITY TEACHER : CARRIE ANN NIELSEN

344

Vocational School Ennis Co Clare

STEPHANIETOWILL

A STUDY OF TURLOUGHS - THE YEARLY BATH TEACHER : MR LEO O ' DONOGHUE

Loreto College Dublin St Stephen ' s Green

ROISIN CONNOLLY

St Gerard ' s School Bray , Co Wicklow

MARY - MARGARET TOOMEY

345

Notre Dame Des Missions Churchtown

DEIRDRE WATERHOUSE

THE INCIDENCE OF DOWNS SYNDROME AND THE 40+ MOTHER TEACHER : FIONA DILLANE

Dublin 14 WATER - THE FOUNTAIN OF LIFE - A STUDY OF THE VARTRY SYSTEM

338

St Mary's Convent Grammar School Magherafelt Co Derry

MAEVE LAGAN

FOR PEAT'S SAKE TEACHER : ITA WALSH

TEACHER: MARY BURKE

Individual Projects Intermediate Section

BIOLOGICAL AND ECOLOGICAL SCIENCES Stand No.

339

St Mac Dara ' s Community College Temp Ingue Dublin

SEAN MASTERSON

346

Co Galway

THE EFFECT OF VDUs ON EYESIGHT.

FLAVOUR OFALLIUM CEPA

TEACHER : MS JACINTA JONES

340

St Joseph's Gort Galway

MICHELLE MULLANEY

SWANS AND THEIR ADAPTATION TO DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENT TEACHER : ANN DOOLEY 64

Holy Rosary College Mountbellew

DAVINA ADAMS

TEACHER : MR GERARD NIHILL

347

GORDON JAMES ARMSTRONG

'

St Nessan ' s Community College Limerick

INVESTIGATING THE CONDITIONS THAT FAVOUR THE GROWTH OF PARSLEY TEACHER : MICHAEL O'DWYER 65

Stand No.

Stand No. St Genevieve ' s High School Belfast Co Antrim

CLAIRE CROSSIN

348

356

DISTRIBUTION AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF VEGETATION ON AN URBAN WASTE SITE TEACHER : MR MICHAEL STANLEY

A FREQUENCY ANALYSIS OF KNEE VIBRATIONS USING A COMPUTER TEACHER : MARIA ELIZ HOSIER

349

John Scopus School 49 Northumberland Ro Dublin

SARAH FITZPATRICK

357

Patrician College Newbridge Co Kildare

JUSTIN LACEY

PUZZLING POOLS TEACHER : MS HILARY LYNCH

58

St Roses High School Belfast Co Antrim

JULIEANNE MAWHINNEY

Deerpark C.B.S.

GERARD WHITE

Patrick Rd Cork

TO INVESTIGATE THE IMMEDIATE REACTION TO PLANTS UNDER STRESS TEACHER : MR MICHAEL O'CALLAGHAN

351

Ballincollig Community School

ROSEMARIE SLOWEY

Innishmore Ballincollig Co Cork

LEAF PIGMENT DISINTEGRATION IN AUTUMN TEACHER : DR MICHAEL TELFORD

50

Riversdale Community College Corduff Dublin

ZAHRA SADAT SABETNIA

STAPHYLOCOCCI ON HUMAN SKIN TEACHER : MR MICHAEL O'BRIEN

Individual Projects Senior section

BIOLOGICAL AND ECOLOGICAL SCIENCES Stand No.

WHY, WHERE, AND WHAT IS A BULRUSH? TEACHER : EILIS NI MHONGAIN

352

359

Banagher Vocational School Co Offaly

COLUM McNAMARA

Wesley College Ballinteer Dublin 16

ANDREW BECK

INVESTIGATION R.E.M. SLEEP TEACHER : JOHN LEESON

CASTLE CALLOW CANAL A UNIQUE ECOSYSTEM? TEACHER : MR GEORGE SMITH 60 353

THE ELECTRO-CHEMICAL RESPONSE OF PLANTS TO STIMULI TEACHER : MR MICHAEL O ' CALLAGHAN

354

HOW WELL IS GIRLEY BOG? TEACHER : DERMOT BENNETT

61

Mountmellick Community School Co Laois

AOIFE O ' LOUGHLIN

St Joseph ' s Secondary School Rochfort Bridge Co Westmeath

Patrician College Newbridge Co Kildare

THOMAS MURPHY

ILEEN DORAN

Mount Anville Secondary School Goatstown Dublin

ALISON EDGEWORTH

A COMPARISON OF RURAL AND URBAN POLLUTION TEACHER : MS MAUREEN 0 DRISCOLL

ASTHMA IN CHILDREN

TEACHER : MR MICHAEL 0 LOUGHLIN 55

St Peter ' s College Wexford

DES O'NEILL

OUR IMMUNE SYSTEM

TEACHER : MR JAMES DOYLE 66

62

Manor House School Raheny Dublin

IAMH MARY FITZGERALD

VERY DOG HAS HIS DAY TEACHER: MR MAURICE MURPHY 67

Stand No. Stand No. 363

Convent of Mercy Secondary Sch Roscommon

RACHAEL MARY GILMORE

370

WATER POLLUTION AND ITS EFFECT ON THE ENVIRONMENT TEACHER : FRANCES LYONS

364

ST Josephs Convent of Mercy DOOR Co Limerick

MARIE GLEESON

MICRO-CLIMATE IN THE WOOD

65

THE BIODETERIORATION OF EMULSION PAINT TEACHER : DEREK MC GARRIGLE

371

Dominican College Sion Hill Blackrock Co Dublin

72

Rockwell College

FIONN HURLEY

Saint Ailbe's School Tipperary Town Co. Tipperary

PATRICK 0 DONOVAN

CUT OVER BOGS NEEDED FOR THE SURVIVAL OF

PLASTICS AND OUR WORLD WILL WE EVER GET IT RIGHT? TEACHER : MOIRA MOLONEY

66

St Joseph ' s College Ballinalsoe Co Galway

PAUL MULLEN

AN INVESTIGATION OF THE AMERICAN MINK TEACHER : MR M FITZGERALD

TEACHER : MICHAEL QUIRKE

KAREN GREANY

St Finians ' s Community College Swords Co Dublin

DAVID MOLLOY

ENDANGERED BOGLAND BUTTERFLIES. TEACHER : HONOR FLYNN

373

St Enda's Community School Limerick

MAXWELL RYAN

Cashel

Co Tipperary

HOW SAFE ARE YOUR PLANTS? TEACHER : MR BRENDAN WORSFOLD

SOME BIOLOGICAL CHEMICAL ECONOMIC AND MECHANICAL ASPECTS OF THE REHABILITATION OF A POLLUTED LAKE. TEACHER : DOUGLAS BUTLER

367

Scoil Mhuire Community School Clane Co Kildare

MARIA MCEVOY

Group Projects

BIOLOGICAL AND ECOLOGICAL SCIENCES Stand No. 374

WHAT IF THE PLANT TRANSPIRATION STREAM WERE ARTIFICIALLY SUSTAINED ?

TEACHER : ANTHONY P MCEVOY

Sandford Park School

ROBERT COFFEY Owen Feeney Kirk Levins

Ranelagh

Dublin

A YEAR IN THE LIFE OF OUR POND 368

St Michael ' s College Ailesbury Road Dublin

ALASTAIR McMENAMIN

TEACHER : DR A J GRAHAM

375

C.B.S. TOWER HILL PORTLAOISE CO LAOIS

MARK CONROY

Damien prendergast SOIL MOISTURE CONTENT AND GOLF GREEN MANAGEMENT TEACHER : MS ANNE LYNCH

MILK BACTERIA AND COOLING TEACHER : MR WILLIAM QUINLAN

369

Loreto Convent Grammar School Omagh Co Tyrone

ANITA McSORLEY

A STUDY OF THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM OF THE CROW FAMILY TEACHER : SR ELMA RUSHE

376

Carnew Community College Carnew Co Wicklow

CLAIRE COSGRAVE Lynda Deegan

A NEW BEDDING SYSTEM FOR HORSES TEACHER : MICHAEL ESSAME 69

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377

Riversdale Commun it y C o lle g e Corduff Dublin

MARK DONOHUE Graham Cranks

Stand No. 385

THE FLORA OF SEAWATER AND FRESHWATER HABITATS A STUDY AND A COMPARISON TEACHER : MS PATRICIA DEANE

378

C.B.S. Tower Hill Portlaoise Co. Laois

ALAN HEFFERNAN Michael Gowing Donnacha Phelan WHAT MAKES BEECH TREES LEAN

379

THE LIFE OF PROTOZOANS TEACHER: DAITHI MAC AN AIRCINN

386

St David ' s Secondary School Greystones Co Wicklow

387

THE EFFECT OF SULPHUR DIOXIDE ON PLANTS TEACHER: MS ANNA GIBBONS

380

St Mac Dara ' s Community College Templogue Dublin

KAREN KELLEHER Alva Shanahan

St Colman ' s High School Strabane Co Tyrone

BRIAN McGINTY Patrick Neeson Colin McCay

INVESTIGATION OF HABITAT PREFERENCE OF WOOD LICE TEACHER : MARY MONTAGUE

TEACHER : MR WILLIAM QUINLAN

SHARON KEATING Aoife Byrne Claire Harnett

Colaiste Chiarain Leixlip Co Kildare

MAIREAD MALONE Trudie Jackson

St David ' s Secondary School Greystones Co Wicklow

FRANCIS MITCHELL David Brown Conor Lee THE STUDY OF A STREAM

TEACHER: MS MARY O'SULLIVAN

388

AN INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECTS OF PERFUME AND AFTERSHAVE ON SKIN

O ' Connell ' s Christian Brothers Sch Dublin Nth Richmond Street

MARTIN MORAN Brian Moran N e il T uo h y

PETROL POLLUTION TEACHER: MS JACINTH JONES

381

Alexandra College Milltown Dublin

JEANNE KELLY Georgina Noon

TEACHER : ANTHONY MURPHY

389

THE PROPOSED EASTERN RELIEF ROUTE AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDY TEACHER : DR CARMEL SHARKEY

382

Belcamp College Malahide Road Dublin

PAUL KIERNAN Andrew Downey P au l Downe y

STUDY OF GREEN ALGAE

383

Ursuline Convent Secondary School Thurles Co Tipperary

SMILE ! CAN YOU SAY CHEESE ?

384

ARE TOMATO SEEDS UNDER STARTERS ORDERS? TEACHER: MISS MARGARET DIGNEY

390

Vocational School Athenry Co Galway

KEVINA O'DONOGHUE Susan Conaty Geraldine Joyce STUDY OF ANTIBOTIC RESISTANCE

A STUDY OF SEAWEED AND SEAWATER TEACHER : DR CARMEL SHARKEY 70

391

TEACHER : MS ANNE MALONEY Alexandra College Milltown Dublin

ALICE MACKEY Andrea Pappin Amy Bohan

St Colman ' s Community College Midleton Co Cork

RICHARD NITZSCHE Paul Lane

WASTING MONEY-WASTING WEEDKILLER TEACHER : MR FRANK HALBERT

TEACHER : MR ANTHONY CORBET

DEIRDRE LANIGAN Claire Hussey

St Patrick ' s High School Keady Co Armagh

JOANNE MURPHY Fiona Boyle Stephen Murray

TEACHER : MR MICHAEL MOONEY

392

Douglas Comn+uniq Schee l Douglas Co Cork

KIERAN O ' DRISCOLL Brian Fox

A STUDY OF BIRDS AND THEIR HABITS IN THE DOUGLAS ESTUARY TEACHER : MR TOM O ' HANLON 71

Stand No. Stand No. Colaiste Einde Bothar Na Tra Gaillimh

TOMAS 0 FLANNAGAIN Damian O ' Hairne

393

ANALYSIS OF A COWPAD

Ballincollig Community School Innishmore Ballincollig Co Cork

WHAT'S THE SOLUTION TO OIL POLLUTION

395

401

Manor House School Raheny Dublin

SINEAD COLREAVY Mariead Lynch BE THE KNOW OF YOUR HEDGEROW

TEACHER : LOLA HEGARTY

St David ' s Secondary School Greystones Co Wicklow

LOUISE O'LEARY Sandra Kelly

St Louis Secondary School Dundalk Co Louth

CLODAGH CLARKE Niamh Lynn

A STUDY OF RAISED BEACHES IN THE CO LOUTH AREA. TEACHER : MS SIOBHAN GREER

TEACHER: SEAMUS O'DONGHAILE

GRACE O'LEARY Deirdre Buckley

394

400

402

TEACHER: MS MOIRA LAWLESS

Coleraine Boys Secondary School Co Derry Ryan Doherty

NIGEL CONNOR Gary McIntyre

ABRASION DAMAGE TO LEAF SURFACES WHO'S IN YOUR HOOVER?

396

TEACHER : MR CAMPBELL

TEACHER: MICHAEL REDMOND

Riversdale Community College Corduff Dublin

ANN MARIE REILLY Karen Dooley

403

LICHENS AND AIR POLLUTION

THE ECOLOGY OF A WALLA STUDY AND STATIS TICAL ANALYSIS TEACHER : MS PATRICIA DEANE

TEACHER : SHEILA MURPHY

404 397

St David ' s Secondary School Greystones Co Wicklow

CAROLINE SHARKEY Sandra Kelly

St John of God Secondary School Kilmore Road Artane Dublin 5

SANDRA CONNOR Amanda McDonnell

Colaiste Ris Dundalk Co Louth

CONOR D'ARCY Shane Drumgolle ALGAE - THE GREEN VILLAIN

TEACHER : PAULINE MCARDLE COMPARING DISINFECTANTS

TEACHER : J MCELROY 405

398

St David's Secondary School Greystones Co Wicklow

LYNDA WALL Mark Dunne

ARE THE IRISH RED HEADED AND BLUE EYED

THE DODDER

TEACHER: MR EDDIE GILMARTIN

TEACHER : J MCELROY 406

Group Projects IntermediateSection

BIOLOGICAL AND ECOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Templeogue College Dublin Brendan Smyth

NIALL DUNNE Karl Larrissey

Franciscan College Gormanston Co Meath

DECLAN GAYNOR Sean Coffey DUSTMITES

TEACHER : FR DECLAN TIMMONS

Stand No. 399

St Mary's Secondary School Buttevant Co Cork

FRIDA BJORSELL Aoife O'Leary TIDE IN CONNECTION WITH THE MOON

407

St Mary's Secondary School Macroom Co Cork

SHARON HEALY Lorraine Lyons TO SHED OR NOT TO SHED THAT IS THE QUESTION

TEACHER: MS MARY TWOMEY 73

72

TEACHER : MS MARY TWOMEY

Stand No.

Stand No. Presentation College Tuam Co Galway

GAIL HEVERIN Fiona Tighe Irene Gilmore

408

415

St Louis Secondary School Dundalk Co Louth

MAIREAD LYNCH Karen Sharkey

A STUDY OF CORSTOWN BOG (ARDEE)

A TROUT HATCHERY IN THE NANNY TEACHER : MS TERESA KELLEHER

409

Riversdale Community College Corduff Dublin

LESLEY HILLIARD Olga Cranks

TEACHER: MS SIOBHAN GREER

416

THE TOLKA VALLEY A WASTING RESOURCE TEACHER : MR MICHAEL STANLEY

Gairm Scoil Einne Oilean Arainn Co Na Gaillimhe

MICHAEL MAOLDUIN Gearoid O'Cadhain Louise Ni Ghoill DAILEADH AGUS STRUCHTUR DAONRA AN FHAOCHA CHAPAILL AR CLADAI ARAINN.

TEACHER : MR MICHEAL O'CONAILL 410

Ballyhale Voc School Ballyhale Co Kilkenny

DHARRAGH HUNT Joseph O'Brien Paul Fennell y

417

St Mary ' s High School Limavady Co Derry

SIOBHAN McMANUS Elaine Mullan

Lorraine Hamilton

THE DIARY OF THE RED BOG TEACHER : JOHN OHALLORAN

PLANTS ON A DIFFERENT FREQUENCY TEACHER : JOHNNY REANEY

11

Riversdale Community College Corduff Dublin

CAROL KENNEDY Wendy Reynolds

418

A PALEOENVIROMENTAL ANALYSIS OF A SEDIMENT CORE TEACHER : MR PATRICK EGAN

12

Alexandra College Milltown Dublin

FRIEDA KLOTZ Caoimhe McMahon Sylvie McLaughlin

St Genevieve ' s High School Belfast Co Antrim

JENNIFER MORGAN Lisa Dorrian

TO INVESTIGATE THE EFFECT OF HAY AND STRAW ON GROWTH OF A GREEN ALGAE CHLORELLA SPECIES TEACHER : MR NIALL BEATTY

419

A STUDY OF SOME CHEMICAL COMPONENTS OF BERRIES TEACHER: DR CARMEL SHARKEY

St Mary ' s Secondary School Dublin Baldoyle

LINDA MULLIGAN Eilish Cunningham Louise Hendrick TO INVESTIGATE IF DIET AFFECTS INTELLIGENCE

TEACHER : MRS PAULINE GRIFFIN 3

Cross And Passion Kilcullen Co Kildare

TERESA LAMBE Aisling Derrane Elaine Kelly

421

DISINFECTANT CONCENTRATIONS AND BACTERIAL GROWTH TEACHER: MALACHY NAUGHTON

TEACHER : NOEL CLARE

O'Connell ' s Christian Brothers Sch Dublin Nth Richmond Street

OLIVER LARKIN David Kiely David Rock

Athenry Co Galway

Fiona Nolan Regina Keane

SEWAGE TREATMENT IN A SMALL TOWN-ITS EFFECTS ON THE ENVIROMENT

414

Vocational School

AOIFE NAUGHTON

22

Gairm Scoil Cholm Chille

CRISTIN NI CHONGHAILE

Indreabhan Co na Gaillimhe

Donncha 0 Conchuir Sean 0 Gamhnan GLOINE UISCE CE CHOMH SABHAILTE

TEACHER : SIBEAL BREATHNACH

ACID RAI N TEACHER : ANTHONY MURPHY

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75

Stand No. Stand No. 423

St Mary's Secondary School Macroom Co Cork

ROSEMARIE O'BRIEN Rebecca Keane

Presentation School Dublin Terenure

HELEN TOAL Carina O'Neill

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING INSECTS

LIFE IN AND AROUND THE RIVER

424

431

TEACHER : NUALA CRANLEY

TEACHER: MS MARY TWOMEY

Loreto College Dublin St Stephen ' s Green

LOUISE O'DONOGHUE Eve Gaughan Ruth Evans

432

FITNESS AND HEALTH AMONG TEENAGERS TEACHER : MR DAVID HOBSON

Portmarnock Community School Co Dublin Portmarnock

BRENDAN VAUGHAN Justin Ryan Mark Kelly WHAT ROT

TEACHER: MS ANGELA BURY 425

Christ King Girl's Secondary South Douglas Road Cork

EIMEAR O'DWYER Benvon Lyons

433

CAROL WILLIS Claire McCarthy

North Presentation Secondary School Cork

ANALYSIS OF TRAMORE/DOUGLAS RIVER. TEACHER : PAULINE SHANAHAN

426

Farranree INHERITANCE OF EYE COLOUR IN HUMANS TEACHER : MS EILEEN RIORDAN

Colaiste Lorcain Castledermot Co Kildare

RACHEL RATH Catherine Fortune Deirdre Walsh

SEARCH FOR GROWTH INHIBITORS OF BACTERIA TEACHER : MR SYLVESTER MCEVOY

427

Loreto Abbey Gorey Wexford

AOIFE SHEIL Julie Walsh Clare Kirwan

LOCAL ECOLOGICAL STUDY ON CLEMATIS VITALBA TEACHER : MRS M TRAVERS

428

434

Presentation Secondary School Limerick

TINA BRANDON Margaret Toomey FRESHNESS , QUALITY FOOD CONTENT ARE ANY TWO EGGS ALIKE?

TEACHER : MS ANNE CASHELL

435

Loreto Convent Secondary School Wexford

SIOBHAN SINNOTT Olivia Sweeney

Group," soft*

Stand No.

St David ' s Secondary School Greystones Co Wicklow

CHRISTOPHER SINGLETON Mark Emmerson Andrew Lindsay

THE EFFECT OF THE COMPUTER ON THE HUMAN BODY TEACHER: MS ANNA GIBBONS

429

D 'OG^ 6G@LOGICAL S II NGES.''

St Brigid 's College Callan Co Kilkenny

LOUISE BRENNAN Pauline Byrne Aoife Brennan SERIOUSLY PSORIASIS

TEACHER: MARIE KELLY

430

WASHING POWDERS AN INVESTIGATION TEACHER : MRS LOUISE MURPHY St David ' s Secondary School ANNE TALBOT Greystones Darragh Cusack Co Wicklow Emma -Jane Browne THE CONTAMINATION OF COLESLAW

TEACHER : MS ANNA GIBBONS

436

St Paul ' s Secondary School Greenhills Dublin

JEAN BYRNE Elizabeth Dowling

A PICTURE-WINGED INSECT TEACHER : SR ELIZABETH WALSH 77

76

Stand No.

Stand No. 437

St Peter ' s College Wexford Peter Prendergast

KE VIN COLEMAN An drew McDonald DA IRY FARM HYGIENE

438

Bush Post Primary School Dundalk Co Louth

R OISIN CRAWLEY

C OMMERCIAL EVENING PRIMROSE

WATER PURITY VRS ANIMAL TEACHER : MARY KEALY

446

Ursuline Convent Blackrock Cork

C HICK IT OUT

St Brigid ' s College Callan Co Kilkenny

JOAN HUGHES Ede[ Murray Nikki Rice THE WALK OF LIFE

TEACHER : MR PETER GREALIS

D EIRDRE CRONIN L ouise Kelleher C atherine Coughlan

Our Lady ' s College Drogheda Co Louth

MAEVE GAYNOR Audrey McCormack

TEACHER : MR THOMAS TYNAN

Lo rraine McEneaney R ose Long

439

445

TEACHER : W A GARDINER

447

C.B.S. TOWER HILL PORTLAOISE CO LAOIS

DIARMUID McCORMACK Jerry Kavanagh

AN INVESTIGATION TO ACCOUNT FOR THE

TEACHER : BERNARD CARR

DIFFERENCES IN VEGETATION ON THE VIRGIN

BOG AGAINST THE CUTAWAY BOG 440

St Louis Secondary School Dundalk Co Louth

G ILLIAN CURRAN C atherine Halpenny F OOD FREEZING AND FREQUENCY

441

TEACHER : MS SIOBHAN GREER

448

Vocational School Johnstown Kilkenny

MARTINA DELANEY A nn Wall P aula Looby I S THERE SOME BODY ON THE PHONE

442

TEACHER : MR WILLIAM QUINLAN

TEACHER : MR JAMES RYAN

THE HEALTHY POTATO? TEACHER : MR PETER GREALIS

449

Abbey Grammar School Newry Co Down

RAYMOND DEVINE Martin Mulholland

Bush Post Primary School Dundalk Co Louth

KEVIN McMANUS Corona Boyle Ciara McGarrity

Loreto Convent Grammar School Omagh Co Tyrone

CLAIRE McPARLAND Helen Toal

THE EFFECT OF ACID RAIN ON PEATLAND VEGATATION TEACHER : SR ELMA RUSHE

I NVESTIGATING ORIENTATION BEHAVIOUR IN WOODLICE TEACHER : MR GERARD HUGHES 450 443

Abbey Grammar School Newry Co Down

CONOR DONNELLY Thomas McKevitt

VEG FROM VEG-AN ALTERNATIVE WAY OF GROWING VEGETABLES TEACHER : MARY 0 RIORDAN

ASSORTATIVE MATING AND SUBSTRATE SELECTION IN GAMMARUS SPECIES TEACHER : MR GERARD HUGHES 451 444

Our Lady of Lourdes Secondary Sch. New Ross Co Wexford

BRID DOYLE Avril Hayes THE FIELD

TEACHER : MS MARY PILKINGTON 78

St Brigid ' s College Callan Co Kilkenny

MARIA McWEY Grace Walsh Nicola Shephard

Abbey Grammar School Newry Co Down

BARRY McWILLIAMS Patrick Donnelly

FACTORS AFFECTING GROOMING BEHAVIOUR IN FLIES TEACHER : MR GERARD HUGHES 79

Stand No.

Stand No. St Brigid ' s College Callan Co Kilkenny

BRENA MOYLAN Helen O'Neill

452

STUDY OF COELIAC DISEASE

453

St Columba's College Buncrana Road Derry BT48 8NH

FRANCIS MULLIN Michael Bradley

461

Loreto College Cavan

EVELYN SOROHAN Nuala McInerney

THE CHESTNUT TREE

TEACHER: TINA FARRELLY

TEACHER: GEORGE DOHERTY St Peter ' s College Wexford James Money

DAVID MURPHY CathalO ' Shaughnessy

MILK AS A STABLE DIET FOR A HUMAN BEING TEACHER : MR THOMAS BOLGER

455

The Teresian School Donnybrook Dublin 4

NICOLA SAVAGE Marguerite O'Rourke

WILL PEAS BE ON OUR MENU IN THE FUTURE TEACHER : BRENDA HYNES

TEACHER: MARY 0 RIORDAN

AN INVESTIGATION OF FERMENTATION

454

460

462

Sandford Park School Ranelagh

BEN WALSH Darragh O'Grady Brian Kennelly

Dublin

TOXOCARA CANIS IN DUBLIN-DO WE HAVE A PROBLEM? TEACHER : DR A J GRAHAM

Community College Lanesboro

EADAOIN NEALON Martina Mimnagh

Co Longford

RECYCLING SPENT MUSHROOM COMPOST TEACHER : OLIVER FLEMING

456

St Brigid 's College Callan Co Kilkenny

DEIRDRE O'REILLY Claire Cody Michelle Hurley NAKED OATS-A CROP FOR THE FUTURE

457

Carmelite College Castle martyr Co Cork

JAMES O'SULLIVAN Alan O ' Riordan Neil McNamara SILAGE SLOP

458

TEACHER: MISS DEIRDRE BEHAN St Brigid ' s College Callan Co Kilkenny

DARRELLE POWER Fiona Forristal Catherine Hayes THE THREAT TO THE BARN OWL IN OUR LOCALITY

459

TEACHER: EMILY NOLAN

TEACHER : EMILY NOLAN

St David ' s Secondary School Greystones Co Wicklow

MICHAEL-JOHN PURCELL Emma-Jane Finucane

A MICROBIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF GREYSTONES SEA WATER. TEACHER : MS MARY O ' SULLIVAN 80

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Association of Secondary Teachers' Ireland.

An Bord Glas.

Barnardo's Child Care Agency.

Bord na Gaeilge.

Cara The Computer People.

Commission of the European Communities.

The Confederation of Irish Industry.

Department of Education.

Display Contracts Ltd. EOLAS -The Irish Science & Technology Agency.

TEAGASC - Agriculture & Food Development Authority.

Institute of Biology of Ireland.

Institute of Chemistry/Royal Society of Chemistry.

Institution of Electrical Engineers.

Institute of Physics, Irish Branch.

Institution of Engineers of Ireland.

Insurance Institute of Ireland.

Irish Computer Society.

Irish Cancer Society/CSSC Drugs Awareness Programme.

Irish Geological Association.

Irish Professors of Botany.

Irish Science Teachers' Association.

Irish Science Teachers' Taskforce.

Jurys Hotel, Dublin.

National Rehabilitation Board.

Royal Dublin Society.

Sociological Association of Ireland.

Teachers' Union of Ireland.

Trinity College, Dublin.

Ulster Science Centre, Derry.

Universities in Ireland.

Westinghouse Electric Corporation.

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